Singapore legislation
Clause 4
of Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (Amendment) Bill
Clause 4
New sections 13A and 13B
The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 13 thereof the following new sections: —“Continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings13A. Where on the date of the coming into operation of this Act disciplinary proceedings which were instituted before the date of the coming into operation of this Act against a person who is transferred to the service of the Authority under section 43 of this Act have not been completed, such disciplinary proceedings —
shall be deemed to have been instituted; and
may be continued and completed by the Authority,under this Act.Interdiction of officer or servant of the Authority13B. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other written law —
if the Authority considers that the public interest requires that an officer or a servant of the Authority should cease to exercise the powers and functions of his office, the Authority may interdict the officer or servant from the exercise of the powers and functions of his office or suspend him from work pending the completion of disciplinary proceedings against him under this Act;
a person who has been interdicted or suspended from work under paragraph (a) of this section may be allowed to receive such portion of the emoluments of his office for such period during the period of interdiction or suspension as the Authority shall think fit, or the Authority may order the withholding of his total emoluments;
if the disciplinary proceedings against such person do not result in the dismissal or other punishment of such person, he shall be entitled to the full amount of the emoluments which he would have received had he not been interdicted;
if the disciplinary proceedings against such person do not result in his dismissal, such person may be refunded such portion of the emoluments withheld as a result of his interdiction or suspension, as the Authority shall think fit.Disciplinary powers of the Authority in respect of persons transferred to its service under section 4313C.—
For the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that where a person who is transferred to the service of the Authority pursuant to section 43 of this Act has been guilty of misconduct or neglect of duty whilst he was in the employment of the Government which would render him liable to be reprimanded, reduced in rank, retired, dismissed or punished in some other manner by the Public Service Commission or other person acting under the authority or direction of the Public Service Commission, such misconduct or neglect of duty shall be deemed to have taken place whilst such person was employed by the Authority.(2) The Authority may reprimand, reduce in rank, retire, dismiss or punish in some other manner such person for such misconduct or neglect of duty as if the misconduct or neglect of duty took place whilst such person was employed by the Authority.”.