Criminal Procedure Code 2010 (No. 15 of 2010) ("CPC") (formerly s. 231 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68 , 1985 Rev. Ed.).
The CPC, s. 329(4), states that caning shall be inflicted on a juvenile with a "light rattan"; under s. 2, juvenile means a person who, in the absence of legal proof to the contrary, is seven years of age or above and below the age of 16 years in the opinion of the court. No child under seven years old may be charged with an offence (Penal Code (Cap. 224, 2008 Rev. Ed.) ("PC"), s. 82), and a child above seven and under 12 years may only be found guilty of an offence if he or she has attained sufficient maturity of understanding to judge the nature and consequence of his or her conduct (PC, s. 83).
Children and Young Persons Act (Cap. 38, 2001 Rev. Ed.) ("CYPA"), s. 37(3) (emphasis added). A child is a person below 14 years, and a young person is a person who is 14 years or above and below the age of 16 years: s. 2.
Fricker Oliver v. Public Prosecutor [2010] SGHC 239, High Court; Elena Chong (19 August 2010), "Judge gives MRT vandal extra two months in jail", The Straits Times, pp. A1 & A6; Imelda Saad (19 August 2010), "Fricker should 'count himself fortunate'", Today, p. 2, archived from the original on 19 August 2010.
Fricker Oliver v. Public Prosecutor [2010] SGHC 239, High Court; Elena Chong (19 August 2010), "Judge gives MRT vandal extra two months in jail", The Straits Times, pp. A1 & A6; Imelda Saad (19 August 2010), "Fricker should 'count himself fortunate'", Today, p. 2, archived from the original on 19 August 2010.
