Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
Amendment of section 24
Section 24 of the Ordinance is hereby amended —
(a)
by deleting the word “January” appearing in subsection (4) thereof and substituting therefor the word “March”;
(b)
by deleting the words “the Federation of Malaya” wherever they appear in subsection (6) thereof and substituting therefor the words “any part of Malaysia”; and
(c)
by adding thereto a new subsection as follows: —“(9) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (3) of this section the word “year” shall mean the period from the first day of March in any year to the last day of February in the next ensuing year.”.