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CAP. 224
Penal Code
2008 Ed.
Illustration
A instigates B to instigate C to murder Z. B accordingly instigates C to murder
Z, and C commits that offence in consequence of B’s instigation. B is liable to be
punished for his offence with the punishment for murder; and as A instigated B to
commit the offence A is also liable to the same punishment.
Explanation 5.—It is not necessary to the commission of the offence of
abetment by conspiracy that the abettor should concert the offence with the person
who commits it. It is sufficient if he engages in the conspiracy in pursuance of
which the offence is committed.
Illustration
A concerts with B a plan for poisoning Z. It is agreed that A shall administer
the poison. B then explains the plan to C, mentioning that a third person is to
administer the poison, but without mentioning A’s name. C agrees to procure the
poison, and procures and delivers it to B for the purpose of its being used in the
manner explained. A administers the poison; Z dies in consequence. Here, though A
and C have not conspired together, yet C has been engaged in the conspiracy in
pursuance of which Z has been murdered. C has therefore committed the offence
defined in this section, and is liable to the punishment for murder.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 108]
Abetment in Singapore of an offence outside Singapore
108A. A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Code
who, in Singapore, abets the commission of any act without and
beyond Singapore which would constitute an offence if committed in
Singapore.
Illustration
A, in Singapore, instigates B, a foreigner in Java, to commit murder in Java. A
is guilty of abetting murder.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 108A]
Abetment outside Singapore of an offence in Singapore
108B. A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Code
who abets an offence committed in Singapore notwithstanding that
any or all of the acts constituting the abetment were done outside
Singapore.
[51/2007]
Informal Consolidation – version in force from 1/4/2015
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