Section 9

The Law Revision Commissioners appointed under the Revised Edition of the Laws Act 1983 may prepare and publish a revised edition of any English enactment specified in the First Schedule so as to bring the enactment into conformity with the local Acts.

In preparing a revised edition under subsection (1), the Commissioners have all the powers under section 4 of the Revised Edition of the Laws Act 1983.

The Commissioners must transmit to the President a copy of any revised edition of an English enactment published under this section and with effect from such date as the President may specify by order in the Gazette any such revised edition is, in all courts and for all purposes, the sole and only proper law of Singapore in respect of that enactment.

Every revised edition of an English enactment must, as soon as possible after the publication of such order, be presented to Parliament.

Where a revised edition of any English enactment has been published under this section, the Commissioners may, from time to time if they consider necessary, issue a subsequent revised edition of that enactment.

The Commissioners must cause every revised edition of an English enactment to be published in the form of a booklet or in loose‑leaf form.

The Commissioners may also cause a revised edition of any English enactment that is or has been published in accordance with subsection (6) to be published in electronic form.

Despite subsections (3) and (6), any English enactment published in electronic form under subsection (7) may, in all courts and for all purposes, be taken and accepted as prima facie evidence of the proper law of Singapore in respect of that enactment.

Where there is any discrepancy or inconsistency between a revised edition of any English enactment published in the form of a booklet or in loose‑leaf form and the same revised edition of that English enactment published in electronic form, the revised edition published in the form of a booklet or in loose‑leaf form prevails.