SINGAPORE: More than 500 applications for Protection Orders were made under the Protection from Harassment Act (POHA) over about four years, ...
SINGAPORE: More than 500 applications for Protection Orders were made under the Protection from Harassment Act over about four years, Senior Minister of State for Law Edwin Tong said in the Committee of Supply debate on Monday .
He also said that 51 Magistrate’s Complaints have been filed for alleged breaches of Protection Orders or Expedited Protection Orders. In total, more than 3,000 Magistrate’s Complaints have been filed for alleged offences under the POHA, he said. Over the same period, 12 civil proceedings for statutory damages have been brought while 11 applications for non-publication orders have been filed.
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