Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Interpretation (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

Amendment of section 16

The Interpretation Act is amended by renumbering section 16 as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:“(2) This section shall also apply to —

(a)

a repeal of a written law by implication; and

(b)

the expiry of a temporary Act as if it were repealed by another Act.”.