Clause 4

The Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for departments and subjects in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Singapore may by order provide for the adaptation, alteration, conversion or modification of any provisions contained in any written law relating to such departments and subjects as may be to him appropriate for the purpose of replacing references to units other than metric units contained therein by references to units of the International System of Units which are either equivalent thereto or such approximations thereto as appear to the appropriate Minister desirable for the purpose of securing that the enactments as adapted, altered, converted or modified are expressed in convenient terms.

Any order made under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be published in the Gazette.