Singapore legislation
Clause 17
Clause 17
Bringing of revised edition of subsidiary legislation into force
(1)
The Commissioners shall, upon completion, transmit to the President a copy of the revised edition of subsidiary legislation.
(2)
The President may thereupon, by order published in the Gazette, provide that the revised edition of subsidiary legislation shall come into force on such date as he may think fit.
(3)
The revised edition of subsidiary legislation shall, as soon as possible after the publication of such order, be published and presented to Parliament.
(4)
From the date specified in the order referred to in subsection (2), the revised edition of subsidiary legislation shall, without prejudice to sections 15 and 16, in all courts and for all purposes be the sole and only proper Statute Book of Singapore in respect of subsidiary legislation contained therein.
(5)
As soon as practicable after 1st January of the year in which the revised edition of subsidiary legislation comes into force and thereafter after 1st January of each succeeding year, the Commissioners shall, with the intent that the revised edition of subsidiary legislation shall be annually revised, cause to be published a revised edition in such form as they may decide —
of all subsidiary legislation made under or by virtue of any Act; or
of any single piece of that subsidiary legislation whether or not any such legislation has been amended during the period of twelve months ending on the preceding 31st December.
(6)
In the preparation of a revised edition of subsidiary legislation under subsection (5), the Commissioners shall have the like powers to do all things as are conferred upon them by subsections (2) and (3) of section 15.