Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of National Registration (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 3

Section 3 of the National Registration Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “and registration officers” in the fourth line of subsection (1); and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections:“(1A) The Commissioner may appoint such number of registration officers as he may think fit for the purposes of this Act.(1B) The Deputy Commissioner of National Registration and the Assistant Commissioners of National Registration shall have and may exercise all the powers conferred on the Commissioner under this Act, subject to such limitations as the Commissioner may think fit to impose.(1C) Any person appointed by the Commissioner under subsection (1A) shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code [Cap. 224].”.

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