Criminal Procedure Code - Singapore Statutes Online

Reformative training

305.—(1) Where a person is convicted by a court of an offence punishable with imprisonment and that person is, on the day of his conviction —

(a)	of or above the age of 16 years but below the age of 21 years; or
(b)	of or above the age of 14 years but below the age of 16 years and has, before that conviction, been dealt with by a court in connection with another offence and had, for that offence, been ordered to be sent to a juvenile rehabilitation centre established under section 64 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38),

the court may impose a sentence of reformative training in lieu of any other sentence if it is satisfied, having regard to his character, previous conduct and the circumstances of the offence, that to reform him and to prevent crime he should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre.

[3/2011]

(2) Where a young person has been ordered by a Youth Court under the Children and Young Persons Act to be brought before a District Court, then the court must inquire into the circumstances of the case and may —

(a)	if satisfied that to reform him he should undergo a period of training in a reformative training centre, sentence him to reformative training instead of any other sentence; or
(b)	in any case, deal with him in the manner that the Youth Court might have dealt with him. [Act 27 of 2014 wef 01/10/2014]

(3) Before imposing any sentence of reformative training, the court must call for and consider any report submitted by the Commissioner of Prisons, or any person authorised by the Commissioner of Prisons to submit the report on his behalf, on the offender’s physical and mental condition, the offender’s suitability for the sentence, and the nature of the rehabilitation that is recommended for the offender; and if the court has not received such a report, it must remand the offender in custody for a period or periods, not exceeding one month in the case of any single period, to enable the report to be submitted.

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

[Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/10/2018]

(4) The court must give a copy of any report submitted by the Commissioner of Prisons to the offender or his advocate and to the Public Prosecutor.

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

(5) A person sentenced to reformative training must be detained in accordance with the regulations made under section 428.

(6) A sentence of reformative training must specify, as the minimum period of detention, such of the following periods as the court may determine to be the most appropriate for the rehabilitation of the offender:

(a)	6 months beginning on the date the sentence takes effect;
(b)	12 months beginning on the date the sentence takes effect. [Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/10/2018]

(7) A sentence of reformative training (including any period of supervision under the sentence) must not extend beyond 54 months after the date the sentence takes effect.

[Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/10/2018]

(8) The period of detention under a sentence of reformative training must not extend beyond —

(a)	54 months after the date the sentence takes effect, in any case that may be prescribed; or
(b)	36 months after the date the sentence takes effect, in any other case. [Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/10/2018]

(9) A sentence of reformative training (including any period of supervision under the sentence) that is imposed on a person expires if, while the person is serving the sentence —

(a)	a sentence of corrective training, or another sentence of reformative training, is imposed on the person; or
(b)	the person is detained under an order made under section 30(1) of the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act (Cap. 67). [Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/10/2018]

(10) Where a person, while serving a sentence of reformative training (including any period of supervision under the sentence), is sentenced to imprisonment, the sentence of reformative training does not expire, but runs concurrently with the sentence of imprisonment.

[Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/10/2018]

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