Arrest and Investigation

Arrest and Investigation

1. Singapore’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: What Does It Mean?
2. Your Right to a Lawyer After Being Arrested in Singapore
3. What to Do If Your Loved One is Under Police Investigation
4. How to Write a Letter of Representation to AGC in Singapore
5. What is Entrapment and is It Legal in Singapore?
6. What Happens When You Voluntarily Surrender to the Police
7. Juvenile Crime: What If Your Child is Arrested in Singapore?
8. Seized Assets in Money Laundering Investigations: What Happens To Them?
9. Tasers, Batons, Shields & Firearms: When Do the Police Use Them?
10. Stopped by the Singapore Police For Spot Checks, Etc: What to Do
11. What is the Appropriate Adult Scheme in Singapore?
12. Police Investigation Process for Crimes in Singapore (4 Steps)
13. Arrest Warrant Issued Against You in Singapore: What to Do
14. Police Arrest Procedure in Singapore
15. Arrestable and Non-Arrestable Offences in Singapore
16. What Should You Do If You Witness a Crime in Singapore?
17. Can the Public Make a Citizen's Arrest in Singapore?
18. What to Do If You’re Being Investigated for a Criminal Offence in Singapore
19. "Right to Remain Silent" to Singapore Police: Does It Exist?
20. Police Custody in Singapore: What You Should Know
21. Search Warrant: The Issuance and Execution of It in Singapore
22. Penalties for Lying to the Authorities in Singapore
23. Can You Say No to a Lie Detector Test in Singapore? And Other FAQs
24. Surrender of Passport to the Police and How to Get It Back
25. Extradition: What If I Flee After Committing Crime in Singapore

Bail

26. The Essential Guide to Bail and Personal Bonds in Singapore

Prosecution

27. What is Private Prosecution?
28. Magistrate’s Complaints, Private Summons and Private Prosecutions in Singapore
29. Prosecutorial Discretion in Singapore
30. Composition Offers and Fines for Criminal Offences in Singapore
31. Plea Bargaining in Singapore: All You Need to Know

During Criminal Proceedings

32. Making Objections at Trial in the Singapore Courts
33. When is a Witness Testimony Unreliable in Singapore?
34. Burden of Proof in Criminal and Civil Cases in Singapore
35. Falsely Accused of a Crime in Singapore: Your Next Steps
36. What is Acquittal & How Can One Be Acquitted in Singapore?
37. Using the Defence of Diminished Responsibility in Singapore
38. Death of a Party in a Legal Case in Singapore: What Happens?
39. The "Unusually Convincing" Test in "He Said, She Said" Cases
40. How to Adjourn or Postpone a Criminal Court Hearing
41. TIC: Guide to Charges Taken Into Consideration in Singapore
42. Can I Use the Defence of Intoxication in Singapore?
43. When Can I Raise the Defence of Provocation in Singapore?
44. Writing Character References For Court: What’s Their Purpose?
45. Giving False vs. Wrong Evidence: What’s the Difference?
46. Can I Represent Myself in a Criminal Court Case in Singapore and How?
47. Claiming Trial as an Accused
48. Pleading Guilty in Singapore: Consequences & Withdrawal of Plea
49. The Defence of Unsound Mind in Singapore: What is It?
50. Gag Orders in Singapore: Whose Identity Can be Protected?
51. Mitigation Plea: How to Plead for Leniency in Court in Singapore

After Criminal Proceedings

52. Recidivism: What Happens If You Reoffend in Singapore?
53. Guide to Filing a Criminal Appeal in Singapore
54. Criminal Motion: What is It and How to File One in Singapore
55. Guide to Filing a Criminal Revision in Singapore
56. Presidential Clemency in Singapore
57. Repatriation or Deportation from Singapore: How Does It Work?
58. Criminal Records in Singapore
59. Visiting a Loved One in Prison or On Death Row in Singapore
60. Getting Parole (Early Prison Release) in Singapore

Types of Sentences After Committing an Offence

61. Fined for an Offence: What to Do If I Can't Afford to Pay Them?
62. How Long Is Life Imprisonment in Singapore? And Other FAQs
63. Corrective Training and Its Consequences in Singapore
64. Consequences of Receiving a Stern Warning in Singapore
65. Probation: Eligibility and Whether It Leaves a Criminal Record
66. How Can Adult Offenders Get Probation in Singapore?
67. Reformative Training in Singapore: When Will It be Ordered?
68. Are You Eligible for a Mandatory Treatment Order (MTO)?
69. Caning in Singapore: Judicial, School & Parental Corporal Punishment
70. 7 Detention Orders in Singapore: When Will They be Ordered?
71. Day Reporting Order: Eligibility and Offender's Obligations

Being a Victim

72. Ragging and Bullying: Their Penalties and What Victims Can Do
73. Laws Protecting Informers/Whistleblowers in Singapore
74. Counterfeit Medicine/Health Products: Redress for Victims in Singapore
75. Breach of Protection Orders: What Can Victims Do?
76. Using Your Right to Self-Defence When Attacked in Singapore
77. Compensation for Crime Victims in Singapore: How to Obtain

Offences Against the Human Body

78. Voluntarily Causing Hurt Penalties in Singapore (Non-Arrestable)
79. Murder vs Culpable Homicide in Singapore (and Penalties)
80. Is Suicide Illegal in Singapore? Will I Be Punished for Trying?
81. Kidnapping Scam: Penalties & Responding to a ‘Kidnap Call/Text'

Sexual Offences

82. Rape Laws in Singapore and How Offenders Can Be Punished
83. Sexual Misconduct in Singapore: Offences and What Victims Can Do
84. Falsely Accused of Rape in Singapore: What to Do
85. Incest and Family Sexual Abuse: Penalties and Victim Protection
86. How are Sexual Offenders with Special Needs Penalised?
87. Cybersexual Crimes in Singapore and Their Penalties
88. Legal Age for Sex in Singapore and Common Sexual Offences
89. Consent in Sexual Offences in Singapore and What Victims Can Do
90. Accused of Molest: Outrage of Modesty in Singapore
91. What Can Victims of Sexual Harassment in Singapore Do?
92. What is the Law on Sexting in Singapore?
93. Revenge Porn: What If Your Nudes are Leaked in Singapore?
94. Crime of Voyeurism in Singapore (Penalties and Defences)
95. Date Rape: What to Do If Your Drink Has Been Unlawfully Spiked?
96. STDs: Can I Go to the Police If a Partner Infected Me in Singapore?

Vice-Related Offences

97. Alcohol Breathalyser Test in Singapore: Can You Refuse it?
98. Are Sex Toys and Sex Dolls Legal in Singapore?
99. Singapore's Legal Smoking Age & Common Smoking Offences
100. Is Vaping Illegal in Singapore?
101. Legal Drinking Age and Drinking-Related Laws in Singapore
102. Is Watching, Downloading or Filming Porn Illegal in Singapore?
103. Child Pornography in Singapore: Offences and Penalties
104. Laws on Procuring Sex Workers & Sexual Services in Singapore
105. Singapore's Drug Laws: Possession, Consumption and Trafficking
106. Gambling Legally (at Home, in Public or Online) in Singapore
107. The Offence of Human Trafficking in Singapore and Its Penalties

Property Offences

108. Penalties For Buying Stolen Goods in Singapore
109. Penalties for Committing Theft in Singapore
110. Committing Robbery in Singapore: What are the Penalties?
111. Penalties for Dishonest Misappropriation of Property in Singapore
112. Vandalism Laws: Penalties for Damaging Property in Singapore
113. Criminal Trespass in Singapore: What Happens If You’re Caught?
114. Penalties for Littering Offences in Singapore

Cybercrime

115. What is a POFMA Correction Direction and How to Appeal
116. Penalties for Cheating/Scamming and What Victims Can Do
117. Penalties for Impersonating Someone and Victim Redress
118. Singapore Fake News Laws: Guide to POFMA (Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act)
119. Laws and Penalties for Doxxing in Singapore (With Examples)

White-Collar Crimes

120. Tax Evasion in Singapore: Penalties and Examples
121. Criminal Breach of Trust (CBT) in Singapore: What is It?
122. All You Need to Know About Corruption in Singapore
123. Anti-Money Laundering Laws and You
124. 5 Things You Need to Know about Insider Trading
125. Dishonest Assistance and Knowing Receipt: The Case of David Rasif

Road Offences

126. Charged with a Traffic Offence in Singapore: What to Do
127. DUI: Here are the Penalties for Drink-Driving in Singapore
128. What Happens If You’re Caught Speeding in Singapore?
129. Road Rage: What is It and How are Offenders Sentenced in Singapore
130. Penalties for Dangerous Driving for Singapore Drivers
131. Fatal Traffic Accidents: Are Drivers Always Punished?
132. Guide to E-Scooter and PMD Laws for Singapore Riders
133. Is it Legal for Drivers to Carpool in Singapore?

Animal-Related Offences

134. Taxidermy of Animals in Singapore: Is It Legal?
135. Legal and Illegal Pets in Singapore (HDB/Private Property)
136. Is It Illegal to Feed Stray Animals in Singapore?
137. Singapore Animal Abuse Offences, Penalties & How to Report

Offences Relating to Public Peace and Good Order

138. Radicalisation and Terror Attack-Related Penalties in Singapore
139. Causing a Public Nuisance in Singapore: What are the Penalties?
140. Causing Public Alarm in Singapore: Examples & Penalties
141. Public Assemblies and Processions in Singapore
142. Misbehaving in Public: 5 Things You Need to Know
143. Racial Enmity: Sections 298 and 298A Penal Code Explained
144. Religious Cults in Singapore: Are they Illegal? Penalties & More
145. Penalties for Financing Terrorist Operations in Singapore

Gang and Riot-related Offences

146. Penalties for Unlawful Assembly and Rioting in Singapore
147. Is Joining a Gang Illegal in Singapore?: Being Recruited and Penalties
148. Organised Crimes: Penalties/Orders Syndicates Face in Singapore

Marriage-Related Offences

149. Bigamy: Is It Legal to Marry a Married Person in Singapore?
150. Marriage Offences in Singapore Involving Minors, Same-Sex, Etc.
151. What are Sham Marriages and Are They Illegal in Singapore?

Certificate of Clearance

152. How Do You Apply for a Certificate of Clearance in Singapore?

Other Criminal Offences

153. Penalties for Abetting Minors or Committing Crimes Against Them
154. Misusing the Singapore Flag and Other National Symbols
155. Here are the Penalties for Committing Forgery in Singapore
156. Arson and Fire-Related Offences and Their Penalties in Singapore
157. Offences Against the Dead and What Family Members Can Do
158. Laws on Prohibited, Replica and Self-Defence Weapons
159. Laws to Tackle High-Rise Littering in Singapore
160. Penalties for Attempting to Commit a Crime in Singapore
161. Penalties for Assaulting a Person in Singapore
162. Expats Charged With Offences in Singapore: What to Expect
163. What are the Penalties for Hiring Phantom Workers in Singapore?
164. What Are Ponzi Schemes? Are They Illegal in Singapore?
165. Modification of Cars, Motorcycles, Etc: Is It Legal in Singapore?
166. Penalties for Illegal Immigration and Overstaying in Singapore
167. Criminal Intimidation: Penalties for Making Threats in Singapore