Singapore | New Sentencing Framework for Directors who Fail to Use Reasonable Diligence

Being a director is a serious responsibility. Breach of the director’s duty to use reasonable diligence is a criminal offence, and the High Court in PP v Zheng Jia [2025] SGHC 76 has set out a revised sentencing framework where imprisonment is the starting point in certain circumstances. Director Terence Tan discusses this High Court decision.

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