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The Arms Offences Act 1973 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that criminalizes the illegal possession of arms and ammunition and the carrying, trafficking, and usage of arms. [1] The law is designed specifically to make acts of ownership, knowingly receiving payment in connection with the trade of a trafficked armaments and ammunition ...
More than 400 people were executed in Singapore, mostly for drug trafficking, between 1991 and 2004. Statistically, Singapore has one of the highest execution rates in the world relative to its population. [1] Science fiction writer William Gibson famously described Singapore as "Disneyland with the death penalty".
Secondhand Goods Dealers Act 2007; Singapore Armed Forces (Amendment) Act 2007; Spam Control Act 2007; Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2007; Strategic Goods (Control) (Amendment) Act 2007; Supplementary Supply (FY 2006) Act 2007; Supply Act 2007; Terrorism (Suppression of Bombings) Act 2007; Trade Marks (Amendment) Act 2007
The Penal Code does not define and list exhaustively all the criminal offences applicable in Singapore – a large number of these are created by other statutes such as the Arms Offences Act, [3] Kidnapping Act, [4] Misuse of Drugs Act [5] and Vandalism Act.
Changi Prison, where Singapore's death row is located Capital punishment in Singapore is a legal penalty. Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three offences—including murder, drug trafficking, terrorism, use of firearms and kidnapping —warrant the death penalty under Singaporean law. In 2012, Singapore amended its laws to ...
The Supreme Court of Singapore, where all suspects in Singapore face trial for crimes that attract life imprisonment. Life imprisonment is a legal penalty in Singapore. This sentence is applicable for more than forty offences under Singapore law (including the Penal Code, the Kidnapping Act and Arms Offences Act), such as culpable homicide not amounting to murder, attempted murder (if hurt was ...
Protection from Harassment Act (Singapore) S. Sedition Act (Singapore) Life imprisonment in Singapore; Smoking in Singapore; V. Vandalism Act
Counter-terrorism in Singapore is a series of detection and prevention measures to minimize the damage caused by terrorism. These measures involve the participation of all levels of society, including defence, internal security, border and infrastructure security, civil defense, and gives special focus on areas such as medical readiness and psychological preparedness.