Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Revised Edition of the Laws Bill

Clause 8

Contents and arrangement of the revised edition of Acts

(1)

Subject to sections 4, 5 and 6, the revised edition of Acts shall include —

(a)

the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore;

(b)

all unrepealed Acts enacted before 31st December, 1985, and such other Acts enacted after such date as the Commissioners may think fit to include therein;

(c)

a table of contents, a chronological table of Acts and an index; and

(d)

a list of Acts omitted under section 5.

(2)

The revised edition of Acts shall be printed in such number of volumes and divided into so many Titles, Chapters and Parts as the Commissioners think fit.

(3)

Each Act shall form a separate Chapter and all such Acts shall, irrespective of the date of enactment, be arranged in such sequence or groups and generally in such consecutive order and designated by such numbers showing their place in the revised edition of Acts, as the Commissioners may decide.

(4)

There shall be annexed to each Act contained in the revised edition of Acts the year and number by which such Act had previously been denoted in the last official publication thereof, as well as the year and number of any other law the provisions of which have been incorporated into it by virtue of the powers conferred upon the Commissioners under section 4.

(5)

The commencement of each Act shall be set out immediately below the long title of the Act.

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