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Formal Consolidation |  1985 RevEd
Commission of further offence
9.—(1)  If it appears to a judge or magistrate on whom jurisdiction is hereinafter conferred that a probationer or a person in whose case an order for conditional discharge has been made has been convicted by any court in Singapore of an offence committed during the probation period or during the period of conditional discharge and has been dealt with in respect of that offence the judge or magistrate may issue a summons requiring that person to appear at the place and time specified therein, or may issue a warrant for his arrest:
Provided that a magistrate shall not issue such a warrant except on information in writing and on oath.
(2)  The following persons shall have jurisdiction for the purposes of subsection (1):
(a)if the probation order or the order for conditional discharge was made by the High Court, a Judge of the Supreme Court;
(b)if the order was made by a District Court, a District Judge; and
(c)if the order was made by a Magistrate’s Court or Juvenile Court, a magistrate.
(3)  A summons or warrant issued under this section shall direct the person so convicted to appear or be brought before the court by which the probation order was made.
(4)  If a person in whose case a probation order or an order for conditional discharge has been made by the High Court or a District Court is convicted and dealt with by any Magistrate’s Court in respect of an offence committed during the probation period or during the period of conditional discharge the Magistrate’s Court may commit him to custody or release him on bail (with or without sureties) until he can be brought or appears before the court by which the order was made; and if it does so the Magistrate’s Court shall send to the High Court or the District Court a copy of the minute or memorandum of the conviction entered in the register, signed by the magistrate.
(5)  Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the court by which a probation order or an order for conditional discharge was made that the person in whose case that order was made has been convicted and dealt with in respect of an offence committed during the probation period or during the period of conditional discharge, as the case may be, that court may deal with him, for the offence for which the order was made, in any manner in which that court could deal with him if he had just been convicted by that court of that offence.
(6)  If a person in whose case a probation order or an order for conditional discharge has been made by a Magistrate’s Court is convicted before the High Court or a District Court or another Magistrate’s Court of an offence committed during the probation period or during the period of conditional discharge, the High Court or the District Court or such other Magistrate’s Court may deal with him, for the offence for which the order was made, in any manner in which the Magistrate’s Court by which the order was made could deal with him if it had just convicted him of that offence.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 27 of 2014
Commission of further offence
9.—(1)  If it appears to a judge or magistrate on whom jurisdiction is hereinafter conferred that a probationer or a person in whose case an order for conditional discharge has been made has been convicted by any court in Singapore of an offence committed during the probation period or during the period of conditional discharge and has been dealt with in respect of that offence the judge or magistrate may fix a hearing date to determine whether the person is in breach of a probation order and may at any time issue a summons requiring that person to appear at the place and time specified therein, or may issue a warrant for his arrest:
Provided that a magistrate shall not issue such a warrant except on information in writing.
[15/2010 wef 02/01/2011]
(2)  The following persons shall have jurisdiction for the purposes of subsection (1):
(a)if the probation order or the order for conditional discharge was made by the High Court, a Judge of the High Court;
[16/93 wef 01/07/1993]
(b)if the order was made by a District Court, a District Judge; and
(c)if the order was made by a Magistrate’s Court or Youth Court, a magistrate.
[Act 27 of 2014 wef 01/10/2014]
(3)  A summons or warrant issued under this section shall direct the person so convicted to appear or be brought before the court by which the probation order was made.
(4)  If a person in whose case a probation order or an order for conditional discharge has been made by the High Court or a District Court is convicted and dealt with by any Magistrate’s Court in respect of an offence committed during the probation period or during the period of conditional discharge the Magistrate’s Court may commit him to custody or release him on bail (with or without sureties) until he can be brought or appears before the court by which the order was made; and if it does so the Magistrate’s Court shall send to the High Court or the District Court a copy of the minute or memorandum of the conviction entered in the register, signed by the magistrate.
(5)  Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the court by which a probation order or an order for conditional discharge was made that the person in whose case that order was made has been convicted and dealt with in respect of an offence committed during the probation period or during the period of conditional discharge, as the case may be, that court may deal with him, for the offence for which the order was made, in any manner in which that court could deal with him if he had just been convicted by that court of that offence.
(6)  If a person in whose case a probation order or an order for conditional discharge has been made by a Magistrate’s Court is convicted before the High Court or a District Court or another Magistrate’s Court of an offence committed during the probation period or during the period of conditional discharge, the High Court or the District Court or such other Magistrate’s Court may deal with him, for the offence for which the order was made, in any manner in which the Magistrate’s Court by which the order was made could deal with him if it had just convicted him of that offence.