Probation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 25/1993

Read the first time on 30th August 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 shall not make a probation order unless 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 the same offence.”.

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 the same offence.”.

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