- (b) there was no better practicable means than was in fact used.
Arrestable and bailable offences
55.—(1) Every offence as follows is arrestable and is non-bailable for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010:
- (a) an offence under section 50, 51 or 52;
- (b) an abetment, or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit an offence mentioned in paragraph (a).
(2) Every offence as follows is bailable for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010:
- (a) an offence under section 53;
- (b) an abetment, or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit an offence mentioned in paragraph (a).
Jurisdiction of courts
56.—(1) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a person outside Singapore, the person may be dealt with in respect of that offence as if it had been committed wholly within Singapore.
(2) Despite the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court has jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and has power to impose the full punishment for any such offence.
PART 12
GENERAL
Immunity
57.—(1) No person or officer, employee or agent of the person shall incur any civil or criminal liability under any written law or rule of law, or be liable for any breach of confidence or to any disciplinary action by a professional body, for doing or omitting to do any act, if the act is done or omitted to be done with reasonable care and in good faith and for the purpose of complying with or giving effect to—
- (a) any Part 2 direction given to the person;
