Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Parliamentary Pensions Act (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) is hereby amended —

(a)

by re-numbering the existing section as subsection (1);

(b)

by deleting the words “or Parliamentary Secretary” appearing in the fourth and fifth lines of the definition of “Member” in subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “, Parliamentary Secretary or Political Secretary”;

(c)

by deleting the words “or Parliamentary Secretary” appearing in the sixth line of the definition of “salary” in subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “, Parliamentary Secretary or Political Secretary”; and

(d)

by inserting immediately after subsection (1) thereof the following new subsections: —“(2) Where a Speaker is not, or has not been, an elected Member of Parliament for any period, the expression “salary” shall, for such period, mean the salary payable to him in respect of his service as Speaker.(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, where for any period a person who is entitled to any pension or other benefit under this Act voluntarily refrains from receiving the whole or any part of any salary due to him in respect of the office held by him, then, in calculating such pension or benefit he shall, for such period, be deemed to have received the full salary to which he was entitled as holder of that office, even if such salary is fixed at a subsequent date.”.

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