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20 Procuring expenditure or application of property to support, aid or promote certain offences related to organised criminal group

8.—(1) A person in Singapore who procures from any other person (whether within or outside Singapore) any expenditure or application of any property knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe that the expenditure or application of the property is in support of, or to aid or promote the commission of—
 * (a) a Part 2 offence (other than an offence under this section); or
 * (b) an offence under any written law, which is for the purpose of conferring a financial or other material benefit on an organised criminal group,

commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction—
 * (i) in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $250,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both; or
 * (ii) in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $500,000.

(2) A person outside Singapore who procures from any other person (whether within or outside Singapore) any expenditure or application of any property knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe that the expenditure or application of the property is in support of, or to aid or promote the commission of—
 * (a) a Part 2 offence (other than an offence under this section); or
 * (b) an offence under any written law, which is for the purpose of conferring a financial or other material benefit on a locally-linked organised criminal group,

commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction—
 * (i) in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $250,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both; or
 * (ii) in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $500,000.