Women’s Charter (Offences Against Women and Girls) Rules

Women’s Charter

(Chapter 353, Sections 149 and 180)

Women’s Charter (Offences Against Women and Girls) Rules

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G.N. No. S 35/1963

REVISED EDITION 1998

(15th June 1998)

[15th February 1963]

Citation

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Women’s Charter (Offences against Women and Girls) Rules.

Notice

2.  The notice under section 149(1) of the Act shall be in the form set out in the Schedule.

THE SCHEDULE

Women’s Charter (chapter 353) Notice To Owners And Occupiers Of Premises Under Section 149 (1)

TO:

..................................................................

..................................................................

WHEREAS I have reason to believe that the premises .................................................... are being used as a *brothel/place of assignation.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ...................................................................., Director-General of Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 149(1) of the Women’s Charter, hereby cause this Notice to be served on you as *owner/occupier of the above-mentioned premises.

Dated this                    day of                                    20

Director-General of Social Welfare,
Singapore

*Delete as appropriate.

Note:

WOMEN’S CHARTER (CHAPTER 353)

Section 149 (3) — Every occupier receiving a notice under this section shall forthwith inform the owner or the person from whom he rents the place of the fact of receipt of the notice who shall in like manner inform the owner or the person from whom he rents the place and so on till the notice is brought to the knowledge of the owner, each tenant being responsible for bringing the notice to the knowledge of his immediate lessor.

Section 149 (4) — Any occupier who refuses or omits to inform the owner or the person from whom he rents the premises that a notice under this section has been received shall be liable to prosecution under section 225C of the Penal Code.

PENAL CODE (CHAPTER 224)

Section 225C — Whoever does anything which by any law in force in Singapore he is prohibited from doing, or omits to do anything which he is so enjoined to do, shall, when no special punishment is provided by the law for such commission or omission, be punished with fine not exceeding $200.

[S 529/2020 wef 01/07/2020]

[G.N. No. S 35/63]

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Women’s Charter (Offences Against Women and Girls) Rules

 

This Legislative History is provided for the convenience of users of the Women’s Charter (Offences Against Women and Girls) Rules. It is not part of these Rules.
1.	G. N. No. S 35/1963—Women’s Charter (Offences Against Women and Girls) Rules 1963
	Date of commencement	:	15 February 1963
2.	1990 Revised Edition—Women’s Charter (Offences Against Women and Girls) Rules
	Date of operation	:	25 March 1992
3.	1998 Revised Edition—Women’s Charter (Offences Against Women and Girls) Rules
	Date of operation	:	15 June 1998
4.	G.N. No. S 529/2020—Women’s Charter (Offences against Women and Girls) (Amendment) Rules 2020
	Date of commencement	:	1 July 2020