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Under Section 112 of the Customs Act 1960, a customs officer has powers of arrest for offences under the same act. [18] Under Section 87 of the Guns, Explosives and Weapons Control Act 2021, a customs officer may be armed. [9]
The Singapore Customs is a law enforcement government agency under the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Singapore. Singapore Customs was reconstituted on 1 April 2003, after the Customs and Excise Department and the Trade Facilitation Division and Statistics Audit Unit of International Enterprise Singapore (IE Singapore) were merged. [ 1 ]
The Penal Code [38] states the elements and penalties of common criminal offences such as homicide, theft and cheating, and also sets out general principles of criminal law in Singapore. The Sale of Goods Act, [39] an English Act made applicable to Singapore by the Application of English Law Act, sets out legal rules relating to the sale and ...
The Customs and Excise Department cooperated closely with other government agencies such as the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority and the Central Narcotics Bureau. When the GST was introduced in 1994, the work scope of the CED was expanded. The red and green channel customs system was implemented in 1991 in Changi Airport and at sea checkpoints.
Offences committed via electronic medium – The scope of certain sections will be expanded to cover offences committed via an electronic medium, including s. 292 (sale of obscene books. etc. ), s. 298 (uttering words, etc. , with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person), s. 499 (defamation) and s. 505 (statements ...
This is a somewhat complete list of all Singapore Acts of Parliament which have been passed - the entire list of acts passed is available online at the Singapore Attorney-General's Chambers website, at Singapore Statutes.
Other important offences are created by statutes such as the Arms Offences Act, [86] Kidnapping Act, [87] Misuse of Drugs Act [88] and Vandalism Act. [89] In addition, Singapore society is highly regulated through the criminalisation of many activities which are considered as fairly harmless in other countries.
Other serious offences are created by statutes such as the Arms Offences Act, Kidnapping Act, Misuse of Drugs Act and Vandalism Act. Singapore retains both corporal punishment (in the form of caning) and capital punishment (by hanging) as legal penalties. For certain offences, the imposition of these penalties is mandatory.