Criminal Law in Singapore [Soft Cover]

This book describes and evaluates the general principles of criminal responsibility and the major offences against the person and property contained in the Singapore Penal Code. Leading cases from Singapore and the other Indian Penal Code jurisdictions of India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka are considered, along with relevant cases from major common law jurisdictions.

Publication Date: December 2021

Publisher: LexisNexis

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This book describes and evaluates the general principles of criminal responsibility and the major offences against the person and property contained in the Singapore Penal Code. Leading cases from Singapore and the other Indian Penal Code jurisdictions of India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka are considered, along with relevant cases from major common law jurisdictions.

This work builds on Criminal Law in Malaysia and Singapore (LexisNexis, 3rd Ed, 2018) by the same authors. However, the reforms brought about by the Criminal Law Reform Act 2019 made it necessary to devote this book to the law of Singapore. It compares the law before and after the amendments in order to understand the reasons for the changes, and to aid the interpretation and application of the law in practice.

• Comprehensive analysis of the general principles of criminal responsibility in Singapore
• Analysis of the major offences against the person and property in light of the general principles of criminal responsibility
• Evaluation of the amendments to the Singapore Penal Code made by the Criminal Law (Reform) Act 2019
• Review of all major relevant cases from Singapore, India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
• Places the law in a historical and theoretical context pointing to its strengths and weaknesses, and suggests further improvements to the law


1 The Criminal Law: Context, Sources and History

2 The Criminal Process, Harm and Punishment

3 Physical Elements of Crimes

4 Fault Elements of Crimes

5 Causation

6 The Concurrence Principle

7 Strict Liability

8 Homicide: Principles, Punishments and Recent Reforms

9 Culpable Homicide, Murder and Offences at the Start of Life

10 Other Homicide Offences and Options for Homicide Law Reform

11 Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person

12 Sexual Offences, Harassment, Stalking and Family Violence

13 Property Offences: Structure, Principles and Theft

14 Misappropriation, Breach of Trust, Cheating and Fraud

15 Receiving, Extortion, Robbery and Burglary

16 An Overview of Criminal Defences

17 Mistake

18 Accident

19 Consent

20 Private Defence

21 Exceeding Private Defence

22 Duress

23 Necessity

24 Unsoundness of Mind

25 Intoxication

26 Diminished Responsibility

27 Infancy

28 Provocation

29 Sudden Fight

30 Infanticide

31 Slight Harm

32 Protection Accorded to Public Servants

33 Abetment and Criminal Conspiracy

34 Joint Liability

35 Attempts

36 Corporate Criminal Liability

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