s 48 Amendment of Criminal Procedure Code 2010, etc.
48.—(1) In the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 —(a) in section 44(1)(c)(i), delete “, 298A”; (b) in the First Schedule, delete the heading of Chapter 15 and the items relating to sections 298 and 298A; (c) in the Second Schedule, after item 10, insert —“10A. Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act 2025”; (d) in the Fourth Schedule, in Part 1, delete the heading of Chapter 15 and item 19; and (e) in the Fourth Schedule, after Part 3, insert —“Part 3A OFFENCE UNDER MAINTENANCE OF RACIAL HARMONY ACT 2025 First column Second column Third column Fourth column Item No. Section Offence Explanatory Note 56A. 40(2) Insulting, vilifying, denigrating, threatening or abusing another person on the basis of that person’s race Compoundable by the person who was insulted, vilified, denigrated, threatened or abused ”. (2) Despite paragraph (b) of subsection (1), the items relating to sections 298 and 298A of the Penal Code 1871 in the First Schedule to the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 as in force immediately before the date of commencement of that paragraph continue to apply in respect of any offence committed under either of those sections before the date of commencement of section 52 of this Act. (3) Despite paragraph (d) of subsection (1), item 19 of the Fourth Schedule to the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 as in force immediately before the date of commencement of that paragraph continues to apply in respect of any offence committed under section 298 of the Penal Code 1871 before the date of commencement of section 52 of this Act.