Singapore legislation

Section 8

of Revised Edition of the Laws Act 1983

Section 8

Contents and arrangement of revised edition of Acts

Amended by2/20124/20214/20214/20214/2021

(1)

Subject to sections 4, 5 and 6, the revised edition of Acts must include —

(a)

the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore;

(b)

all Acts wholly or substantially in force on 31 December 2020, and any other Acts coming wholly or substantially into force after that date that the Commissioners think fit to include;

(c)

a table of contents and a chronological table of Acts; and

(d)

a list of Acts omitted under section 5.

Amended by2/20124/2021

(2)

The revised edition of Acts must be printed in such number of volumes and divided as the Commissioners think fit.

Amended by4/2021

(3)

The Acts contained in the revised edition of Acts may be arranged alphabetically or in any other way the Commissioners think fit, regardless of their date of enactment.

Amended by4/2021

(4)

There must be annexed to each Act contained in the revised edition of Acts the Chapter number (if any) and the year and number by which the Act had previously been denoted in the last official publication thereof, as well as the year and number of any other law the provisions of which have been incorporated into it by virtue of the powers conferred upon the Commissioners under section 4.

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(5)

The commencement of each Act must be set out immediately below the long title of the Act.

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