Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
Amendment of section 15
Section 15 of the Interpretation Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) Where any written law repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any provision of a former written law, then, unless the contrary intention appears —
(a)
any reference in any other written law to the provision so repealed shall be construed as a reference to the provision so re-enacted;
(b)
in so far as any subsidiary legislation made or other thing done under the provision so repealed, or having effect as if so made or done, could have been made or done under the provision so re-enacted, it shall have effect as if made or done under that provision.”.