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REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

Published by Authority

NO. 40]

Friday, December 3

[1993

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 10th November 1993 and assented to by the President on 23rd November 1993:—

Probation Of Offenders (Amendment) Act 1993

(No. 37 of 1993)

I assent.

LIM KIM SAN

Acting President.

23rd November 1993.

Date of Commencement: 6th December 1993

An Act to amend the Probation of Offenders Act (Chapter 252 of the 1985 Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Probation of Offenders (Amendment) Act 1993 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 5

2. Section 5 of the Probation of Offenders Act is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of subsection (1) and substituting a colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following proviso:

“Provided that where a person is convicted of an offence for which a specified minimum sentence or mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment or fine or caning is prescribed by law, the court may make a probation order if the person —

(a)	has attained the age of 16 years but has not attained the age of 21 years at the time of his conviction; and
(b)	has not been previously convicted of any such offence referred to in this proviso, and for this purpose section 11(1) shall not apply to any such previous conviction.”.

Amendment of section 8

3. Section 8 of the Probation of Offenders Act is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of subsection (1) and substituting a colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following proviso:

(a)	has attained the age of 16 years but has not attained the age of 21 years at the time of his conviction; and
(b)	has not been previously convicted of any such offence referred to in this proviso, and for this purpose section 11(1) shall not apply to any such previous conviction.”.