(1)The Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) is repealed.
Section history
Section 429 — Saving and transitional provisions
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
Amendments
Subsection (1) — Original text to 31 August 2012superseded
Subsection (1) — From 31 August 2012 (current)rewritten by the Revised Edition
(1)This Code shall2021does2021 not affect —
(a)any inquiry, trial or other proceeding commenced or pending under the repealed Code before 2nd202122021 January 2011, and every such inquiry, trial or other proceeding may be continued and everything in relation thereto may be done in all respects after that date as if this Code had not been enacted; and
(b)any further proceedings which may be taken under the repealed Code in respect of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding which has commenced or is pending before 2nd202122021 January 2011, and such further proceedings may be taken and everything in relation thereto may be done in all respects after that date as if this Code had not been enacted.
Subsection (2) — Original text to 31 August 2012superseded
(2)This Code shall not affect —
(a)any inquiry, trial or other proceeding commenced or pending under the repealed Code before the appointed day, and every such inquiry, trial or other proceeding may be continued and everything in relation thereto may be done in all respects after that day as if this Code had not been enacted; and
(b)any further proceedings which may be taken under the repealed Code in respect of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding which has commenced or is pending before the appointed day, and such further proceedings may be taken and everything in relation thereto may be done in all respects after that day as if this Code had not been enacted.
Subsection (2) — From 31 August 2012 (current)rewritten by the Revised Edition
(2)Any application, authorisation, consent, direction, fiat, instruction, order, requirement or sanction of the Public Prosecutor given or made under the repealed Code before 2nd202122021 January 2011 and which remains in force or which is not complied with before that date shall be2021is2021 treated as if it were an application, authorisation, consent, direction, fiat, instruction, order or requirement of the Public Prosecutor given or made under the corresponding provisions of this Code.
(3)Any application,2012summons,2012 authorisation, consent, direction, fiat, instruction, order, requirement2012warrant2012 or sanction2012requisition2012 of2012issued2012 the2012by2012 Public2012a2012 Prosecutor given or made2012court2012 under the repealed Code before the20122nd2012·202122021 appointed2012January2012 day201220112012 and which remains in force or which is2012has2012 not been2012 complied with or executed 2012before that day2012date2012 shall be2021is2021 treated as if it were an2012a2012 application,2012summons,2012 authorisation, consent, direction, fiat, instruction, order2012warrant2012 or requirement2012requisition,2012·2021requisition2021 of2012as2012·2021(as2021 the Public2012case2012 Prosecutor2012may2012 given2012be,2012·2021be)2021 or made2012issued2012 under the corresponding provisions of this Code.
(4)Any summons,2012proclamation2012 warrant or requisition issued2012published2012 by a court under section 51 of 2012the repealed Code before the appointed day and which has not been complied with or executed before that day2012 shall be2021is2021 treated as if it were a summons,2012proclamation2012 warrant or requisition, as the case may be, issued2012published2012 under the2012section2012 corresponding provisions of this Code.201288.2012
(5)Any proclamation2012authorisation2012 published2012given2012 by a2012the2012 court2012Commissioner of Police2012 under section 512012702012 of the repealed Code which is not acted on before 20122nd2012·202122021 January 20112012 shall be2021is2021 treated as if it were a2012an2012 proclamation2012authorisation2012 published2012of the Commissioner of Police given2012 under section 88.201233.2012
(6)Any authorisation2012written2012 given by the Commissioner2012order2012 of Police2012a police officer2012 under section 702012582012 of the repealed Code which is not acted2012complied2012 on2012with2012 before the20122nd2012·202122021 appointed2012January2012 day201220112012 shall be2021is2021 treated as if it were an2012a2012 authorisation2012written order2012 of the2012a2012 Commissioner2012police2012 of Police given2012officer2012 under section 33.201220.2012
(7)Any written2012 order of a police officer under section 5820121202012 of the repealed Code which is not complied with before the20122nd2012·202122021 appointed2012January2012 day201220112012 shall be2021is2021 treated as if it were a written2012an2012 order of a police officer under section 20.201221.2012
(8)Any order2012requisition2012 of2012made by2012 a police officer or authorised person 2012under section 1202012125A or 125B2012 of the repealed Code before 20122nd2012·202122021 January 20112012 which is not complied with before the2012that2012 appointed day2012date2012 shall be2021is2021 treated2012deemed2012 as2012to2012 if2012be2012 it2012a2012 were2012requisition2012 an2012made2012 order of2012by2012 a police officer or an authorised person 2012under section 21.201239 or 40, respectively.2012
(9)Any requisition2012plea2012 made2012of guilty2012 by a police officer or authorised person2012letter2012 under section 125A or 125B20121372012 of the repealed Code before the appointed day 2012which is not complied2012dealt2012 with by a court 2012before the20122nd2012·202122021 appointed2012January2012 day201220112012 shall be2021is2021 deemed2012treated2012 to2012as2012 be2012if it were2012 a requisition2012plea2012 made2012of guilty2012 by a police officer or an authorised person2012letter2012 under section 3920121542012 or2012and2012 40,2012that2012 respectively.2012provision 2012shall apply2012·2021applies2021 accordingly to the plea of guilty.2012
(10)Any plea of guilty by letter 2012under section 1372012137A2012 of the repealed Code which is not dealt with by a court before the20122nd2012·202122021 appointed2012January2012 day201220112012 shall be2021is2021 treated as if it were a plea of guilty by letter 2012under section 15420122262012 and that provision shall apply2021applies2021 accordingly to the plea of guilty.
(11)Any plea2012bond2012 of2012executed2012 guilty2012by any person2012 under section 137A of2012 the repealed Code before 20122nd2012·202122021 January 2011 and 2012which is2012remains2012 not2012in2012 dealt2012force2012 with2012on2012 by2012or2012 a2012after2012 court2012that2012 before the appointed day2012date2012 shall be2021is2021 treated as if it were a plea2012bond executed under the corresponding provisions2012 of guilty2012this2012 under section 226 and that provision shall apply accordingly to the plea of guilty.2012Code.2012
(12)Any bond executed by any2012 person who is subject to the supervision of the police 2012under section 11 of2012 the repealed Code before the appointed day and which remains in force on or after that day2012 shall be2021is2021 treated as if it2012he2012·2021the person2021 were a bond2012person2012 executed2012subject to police supervision2012 under the2012section2012 corresponding provisions20123092012 of this Code.
(13)Any person2012information2012 who2012received2012 is2012or2012 subject to the supervision of the police2012recorded2012 under section 1120121152012 of the repealed Code which is not dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the repealed Code before 20122nd2012·202122021 January 20112012 shall be2021is2021 treated as if he2012the information2012 were a2012received2012 person2012or2012 subject to police supervision2012recorded2012 under section 309201214 and the police 2012shall2012·2021must2021 deal with the matter in accordance with the provisions2012 of this Code.
(14)Any information2012complaint which is2012 received or2012by2012 recorded2012a2012 under2012Magistrate2012 section2012before2012 11520122nd2012·202122021 of2012January2012 the201220112012 repealed Code2012and2012 which is not dealt with in accordance with the provisions2012disposed2012 of the repealed Code 2012before the2012that2012 appointed day2012date,2012 shall be2021is2021 treated as if the information2012it2012 were a complaint 2012received or2012by2012 recorded2012a Magistrate2012 under section2012this2012 142012Code2012 and the police shall deal with the matter in accordance with2012 the provisions of this Code.2012Code shall,2012·2021Code,2021 with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to the complaint.2012
(15)Any complaint2012offence2012 which is received2012to2012 by2012be2012 a2012compounded2012 Magistrate2012under2012 before2012section 199A of2012 the appointed2012repealed2012 day2012Code2012 and which is not disposed2012so2012 of2012compounded2012 before that20122nd2012·202122021 day,2012January 20112012 shall be2021is2021 treated as if2012an2012 it2012offence2012 were2012which2012 a2012is2012 complaint2012to2012 received2012be2012 by a Magistrate2012compounded2012 under this2012section2012 Code and the provisions20122432012 of this Code shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to the complaint.2012Code.2012
(16)Any2012Notwithstanding2012·2021Despite2021 offence2012any2012 which2012other2012 is2012provisions in this Code, Part 2012XIX2012·2021192021 shall,2012·2021applies,2021 with the necessary modifications,2012 apply2012·2021 to be2012any2012 compounded2012property seized2012 under section2012the2012 199A2012provisions2012 of the repealed Code and which is not so2012reported2012 compounded2012or2012 before2012disposed of in accordance with Chapter XXXVIII of2012 the appointed day shall be treated as an offence which is to be compounded under section 243 of this2012repealed2012 Code.
Subsection (17) — Original text to 31 August 2012superseded
(17)Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Code, Part XIX shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to any property seized under the provisions of the repealed Code and which is not reported or disposed of in accordance with Chapter XXXVIII of the repealed Code.
Subsection (17) — From 31 August 2012 (current)rewritten by the Revised Edition
(17)Where any period of time specified in any provision in the repealed Code is current immediately before 2nd202122021 January 2011, this Code shall have2021has2021 effect as if the corresponding provision in this Code had been in force when the period began to run; and (without prejudice to2021affecting2021 the foregoing) any period of time so specified and current shall be2021is2021 deemed for the purposes of this Code —
(a)to run from the day or event from which it was running immediately before 2nd202122021 January 2011; and
(b)to expire (subject to any provision of this Code for its extension) whenever it would have expired if this Code had not been enacted,
and any rights, priorities, liabilities, reliefs, obligations, requirements, powers, duties or exemptions dependent on the beginning, duration or end of such a period as abovementioned shall be2021are2021 under this Code as they were or would have been under that provision in the repealed Code.
Subsection (18) — Original text to 31 August 2012superseded
(18)Where any period of time specified in any provision in the repealed Code is current immediately before the appointed day, this Code shall have effect as if the corresponding provision in this Code had been in force when the period began to run; and (without prejudice to the foregoing) any period of time so specified and current shall be deemed for the purposes of this Code —
(a)to run from the day or event from which it was running immediately before that appointed day; and
(b)to expire (subject to any provision of this Code for its extension) whenever it would have expired if this Code had not been enacted,
and any rights, priorities, liabilities, reliefs, obligations, requirements, powers, duties or exemptions dependent on the beginning, duration or end of such a period as abovementioned shall be under this Code as they were or would have been under that provision in the repealed Code.
Subsection (18) — From 31 August 2012 (current)rewritten by the Revised Edition
(18)Any subsidiary legislation made under the repealed Code and in force immediately before 2nd202122021 January 2011 shall,20212011,2021 so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Code, continue2021continues2021 to be in force as if made under this Code until it is revoked or repealed by subsidiary legislation made under this Code.
(19)Any subsidiary legislation made under the repealed Code and in force immediately before the appointed day shall,2012In2012·2021 so far2021Insofar2021 as it is not2012necessary2012 inconsistent2012for2012 with2012preserving2012 the provisions2012effect2012 of this2012any2012 Code,2012written2012 continue2012law, any reference in such written law2012 to a seizable offence or a non-seizable offence 2012shall2012·2021is to2021 be in2012construed,2012 force2012respectively,2012 as if2012a2012 made2012reference2012 under2012to2012 this2012an2012 Code2012arrestable2012 until it is revoked2012offence2012 or repealed2012a2012 by2012non-arrestable2012 subsidiary legislation made2012offence2012 under this Code.
(20)In2012Where2012 so far as it is necessary for preserving the effect of2012in2012 any written law, any2012law2012 reference in2012is2012 such written law2012made2012 to a2012the2012 seizable2012sanction2012 offence2012of the Public Prosecutor2012 or a non-seizable2012Deputy2012 offence2012Public Prosecutor, such reference2012 shall2021is to2021 be construed, respectively,2012read2012 as a reference to an2012the2012 arrestable2012consent2012 offence2012of the Public Prosecutor2012 or a non-arrestable2012Deputy2012 offence2012Public2012 under this Code.2012Prosecutor.2012
(21)Where in2012In2012 any written law or document in which a2012 reference is made to the sanction2012repealed2012 of the Public Prosecutor or a Deputy Public Prosecutor,2012Code,2012 such reference shall2021is to2021 be read as a reference to the2012this2012 consent of the Public Prosecutor or a Deputy Public Prosecutor.2012Code.2012
(22)In2012Where before 20122nd2012·202122021 January 20112012 any written law or document in which a reference2012inquiry2012 is made2012held2012 to2012under Chapter XXX of2012 the repealed Code,2012Code and has not been concluded immediately before that date, the inquiry may continue in accordance with the provisions under the repealed Code relating to2012 such reference shall be read2012inquiry2012 as a reference to2012if2012 this Code.2012Code had not been enacted.2012
(23)Where2012For2012 before2012a period of 2 years after 2nd January 2011,2012 the appointed2012Minister2012 day2012may,2012 any2012by2012 inquiry2012regulations,2012 is2012prescribe2012 held2012such2012 under2012additional2012 Chapter2012provisions2012 XXX2012of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the repeal2012 of the repealed Code and2012as2012 has not been concluded immediately before that day, the inquiry2012he2012 may continue2012consider2012 in2012necessary2012 accordance2012or2012 with the provisions under the repealed Code relating to such inquiry as if this Code had not been enacted.2012expedient.2012
(24)For a period of 2 years after the appointed day, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of subsection (1) as he may consider necessary or expedient.
(25)In this section, “appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Code.