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ORGANISED CRIME
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(2) A person outside Singapore commits an offence if the person instructs, directly or indirectly, any other person (whether within or outside Singapore) to commit—

(a) a Part 2 offence (other than an offence under this section); or
(b) an offence under any written law which the person instructing knows is at the direction of, or in furtherance of the illegal purpose of, a locally-linked organised criminal group.

(3) A person (A) who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence, and the punishment for the offence upon A's conviction is as follows:

(a) if the offence instructed is not committed in consequence of A's instruction—the punishment provided for the offence instructed, but as modified by subsection (4);
(b) if the offence instructed is committed in consequence of A's instruction—the punishment provided for the offence instructed, but as modified by subsection (5);
(c) if the person instructed commits the offence instructed with a different intention or knowledge from A—the punishment provided for the offence which would have been committed if the offence had been done with the intention or knowledge of A, but as modified by subsection (5);
(d) if the offence instructed is not committed but a different offence, which is a probable consequence of the instructed offence, is committed instead—the punishment provided for the different offence, but as modified by subsection (5);
(e) if the different offence referred to in paragraph (d) is committed in addition to the offence instructed, and constitutes a distinct offence—the punishment provided for the different offence referred to in paragraph (d), and for the offence instructed, but as modified by subsection (5);
(f) if A gave the instruction with the intention of causing a particular effect by the offence instructed, but another offence with a different effect from that intended by A is committed instead and A knew that the offence instructed was likely to