Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects Act (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting the definitions of “Commissioner” and “Director” appearing therein and substituting therefor the following: —“ “Commissioner”, “Deputy Commissioner of Public Health” and “Assistant Commissioner of Public Health” mean respectively the Commissioner of Public Health, a Deputy Commissioner of Public Health and an Assistant Commissioner of Public Health appointed under subsection (1) of section 4 of the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 155);”;

(b)

by inserting immediately after the word “includes” appearing in the first line of the definition of “disease-bearing insect” the words “every mosquito and house-fly and”; and

(c)

by deleting the word “Director” appearing in the fourth line of the definition of “public health auxiliary” therein and substituting therefor the word “Commissioner”.

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