Probation of Offenders Act - Singapore Statutes Online

Breach of requirements of probation order

7.—(1) If at any time during the probation period it appears on information to a magistrate that the probationer has failed to comply with any of the requirements of the order the magistrate may issue a summons requiring the probationer to appear before a Magistrate’s Court.

(2) If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Magistrate’s Court before which a probationer appears or is brought under this section that the probationer has failed to comply with any requirement of the probation order, that Court may without prejudice to the continuance of the probation order impose on him a fine not exceeding $1,000 or order that the probationer be detained in prison for a period which shall not exceed 14 days, or the Court may —

(a)	if the probation order was made by a Magistrate’s Court, deal with the probationer for the offence in respect of which the probation order was made in any manner in which the Court could deal with him if it had just convicted him of the offence;
(b)	if the probation order was made by the High Court or a District Court, commit him to custody or release him on bail (with or without sureties) until he can be brought or appears before the High Court or the District Court by which the probation order was made. [7/89 wef 01/04/1989] [15/2010 wef 02/01/2011]

(3) Where the Magistrate’s Court deals with the case as provided in subsection (2)(b) then —

(a)

the Court shall send to the High Court or the District Court a certificate signed by the magistrate certifying that the probationer has failed to comply with such requirements of the probation order as may be specified in the certificate together with such other particulars of the case as may be desirable, and a certificate purporting to be so signed shall be admissible as evidence of the failure before the High Court or the District Court; and

(b)

where the probationer is brought or appears before the High Court or a District Court and it is proved to the satisfaction of that Court that he has failed to comply with any of the requirements of the probation order that Court may deal with him for the offence in respect of which the probation order was made in any manner in which the Court could deal with him if he had just been convicted before that Court of that offence.

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