Old Parliament House, photographed in January 2006
Parliament of Singapore
Long title
An Act to provide for exemplary punishment for acts of vandalism and to make special provisions in regard to certain offences relating to public property.
Citation
Act 38 of 1966
Enacted by
Parliament of Singapore
Enacted
26 August 1966
Assented to
31 August 1966[1]
Commenced
16 September 1966
Legislative history
Bill title
Punishment for Vandalism Bill
Bill citation
Bill No. 36/66
Introduced by
Wee Toon Boon (Minister of State for Defence)
Introduced
17 August 1966
First reading
17 August 1966[2]
Second reading
26 August 1966[3]
Third reading
26 August 1966[3]
The Vandalism Act 1966 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that criminalizes a number of different acts done in relation to public and private property, namely, stealing, destroying or damaging public property; and, without the property owner's written consent, writing, drawing, painting, marking or inscribing on property; affixing posters, placards, etc., to the property; and suspending or displaying on or from the property any flag, banner, etc.
In addition to a fine or jail term, the Act imposes mandatory corporal punishment of between three and eight strokes of the cane for second or subsequent convictions. Caning is also imposed for first convictions for defacing property using an indelible substance; and stealing, destroying or damaging public property. The Children and Young Persons Act ("CYPA") states that the High Court may impose a caning penalty on juvenile offenders as well. In a 1968 case, the High Court held that despite the wording of this provision, a subordinate court may sentence juveniles to caning under the Vandalism Act as that Act takes precedence over the CYPA.
The 1994 conviction of 18-year-old American citizen Michael P. Fay for vandalizing cars using spray paint, and the sentence of six strokes of the cane imposed on him, provoked much controversy with both condemnation and support from Americans. Following a request by US President Bill Clinton for clemency, President Ong Teng Cheong commuted Fay's caning sentence from six to four strokes. In 2010, a Swiss national, Oliver Fricker, pleaded guilty to charges of trespassing into a Mass Rapid Transit depot and spray-painting a train with an accomplice, and was sentenced to five months' jail and three strokes of the cane. On appeal, the High Court increased his total jail term to seven months, leaving the caning sentence unchanged.
^"Assents to Bills Passed", Singapore Parliamentary Debates, Official Report (26 October 1966), vol. 25, col. 342.
^Wee Toon Boon (Minister of State for Defence), speech during the First Reading of the Punishment for Vandalism Bill, Singapore Parliamentary Debates, Official Report (17 August 1966), vol. 25, col. 190.
^ ab"Punishment for Vandalism Bill", Singapore Parliamentary Debates, Official Report (26 August 1966), vol. 25, cols. 291–305.
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