A person commits mischief where the person intends to cause or knows that he is likely to cause wrongful loss or damage, to the public or any other person.

This includes, but is not limited to, maiming and killing animals, destroying roads, railways or diverting water. Mischief under Section 425 covers a broad spectrum of crimes. What Are The Acts Regarded As Mischief Under Section 425? Sim was signalling for the door to be opened, but the driver refused due to security and safety reasons. The bus was along the centre lane when Sim came onto the road and stood in front of the bus. Sim Boo Kiong, 51, admitted to committing mischief by causing damage amounting to $835 to SBS Transit Service 65 in front of Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman Temple along Serangoon Road on March 29.

In another case similarly involving an SBS Transit bus in 2014, a man who pulled its wiper was fined $4,000. Lim was not sentenced to jail, but let off with a statement by District Judge Lim Keng Yeow saying, “But not because I think your actions are acceptable or excusable”. Deputy Public Prosecutor Rimplejit Kaur had sought a jail term or a fine of S$1,500 for each charge. Lim Lye Seng was also ordered to pay S$325.91, the cost of damage to a seat he punctured with three toothpicks on August 4. Coined by the media as the “Toothpick Saboteur”, a 60-year-old man was fined S$3,600 in November 2017 for committing mischief by sticking toothpicks in the seats of public buses on four occasions. In what may seem as acts that do not necessitate a regulatory framework, sticking toothpicks in the seats of a public bus or spraying graffiti onto a public space could land you in the District Courts of Singapore.

Malicious mischief penalty