S 488PUBLIC ORDER ACT 2009
(ACT 15 OF 2009)
PUBLIC ORDER (ELECTION MEETINGS — COMPOSITION OF
OFFENCES) REGULATIONS 2009
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections
41 and 47 of the Public Order Act 2009, the Minister for Home Affairs
hereby makes the following Regulations:Citation and commencement
1.
These Regulations may be cited
as the Public Order (Election Meetings — Composition of
Offences) Regulations 2009 and shall come into operation on 9th October
2009.
Compoundable offences
2.
The following offences may be compounded
by the Commissioner of Police or any police officer authorised in
writing by the Commissioner of Police in accordance with section
41 of the Act:(a)
any offence under section 16(1)(c)
of the Act for failing to comply with any condition of a permit
for an election meeting specified in regulation 6 of the Public
Order (Election Meetings) Regulations 2009 (G.N. No. S 486/2009)
or any additional condition of such a permit imposed under section 8(2)
of the Act in relation to an election meeting;
(b)
any offence under regulation 9(4), (6) or (7)
or 10(3) of the Public Order (Election Meetings) Regulations 2009.
Made this 7th day of October 2009.
BENNY LIM
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry
of Home Affairs,
Singapore.
[MHA 112/2/0108; AG/LEG/SL/257A/2009/1
Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 47(4) of
the Public Order Act 2009).