Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Women’s Charter (Amendment) Bill

Clause 11

Amendment of section 33

Section 33 of the Women’s Charter is amended —

(a)

by re-numbering the existing section as subsection (1) and by inserting, immediately after the word “shall” in the third line thereof, the words “be guilty of an offence and shall”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1) thereof, the following subsection: —“(2) The Registrar may, in his discretion, compound any such offence by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the same a sum of money not exceeding four hundred dollars.”.