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Overboard Singapore laws/ perverse judicial interpretation openly declares it's okay to penalize totally innocent people.
"District Judge Lau added that while the High Court expressed sympathy for the vehicle owners who were not implicated in the underlying criminal offence, it made it clear that the wording of the statute did not allow for any regard to be had to the degree of the vehicle owner’s innocence, or to the level of precaution that had been taken.
Said the judge: “Similarly, for the appellant here, even if the prosecution were wrong to say that the accused had been driving without a valid driving licence, and even if the appellant had conducted due diligence and taken all necessary precautions, these factors would not provide any ground for the court to release the vehicle to the appellant." https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...-vehicle-rental-firm-protesting-its-innocence
Nonsense law from 1952 colonial area by colonialist to penalize severely those who short changed the then (rapacious) Queen of England now extends to confiscation of property from totally innocent people 72 years later.
New CJ, please decide if the late CJ was wrong.
https://www.elitigation.sg/gd/s/2001_SGHC_236
"District Judge Lau added that while the High Court expressed sympathy for the vehicle owners who were not implicated in the underlying criminal offence, it made it clear that the wording of the statute did not allow for any regard to be had to the degree of the vehicle owner’s innocence, or to the level of precaution that had been taken.
Said the judge: “Similarly, for the appellant here, even if the prosecution were wrong to say that the accused had been driving without a valid driving licence, and even if the appellant had conducted due diligence and taken all necessary precautions, these factors would not provide any ground for the court to release the vehicle to the appellant." https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...-vehicle-rental-firm-protesting-its-innocence
Nonsense law from 1952 colonial area by colonialist to penalize severely those who short changed the then (rapacious) Queen of England now extends to confiscation of property from totally innocent people 72 years later.
New CJ, please decide if the late CJ was wrong.
https://www.elitigation.sg/gd/s/2001_SGHC_236