Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Consequential amendments to Notaries Public Act
The Notaries Public Act is amended —
by repealing section 2 and substituting the following section:“Interpretation
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“notary public” means a person who has been appointed as a notary public under section 3 but does not include any person whose appointment has been revoked under section 5;“Senate” means the Senate of the Singapore Academy of Law constituted under the Singapore Academy of Law Act [Cap. 294A].”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “notaries public” in section 3(1), the words “for a period not exceeding 12 months”;
by deleting the word “Attorney-General” wherever it appears in section 3 and substituting in each case the word “Senate”;
by deleting the word “his” in the last line of section 3(4) and substituting the word “its”;
by deleting the word “Attorney-General” wherever it appears in section 5 and substituting in each case the word “Senate”;
by deleting the words “under his hand” in the eleventh line of section 5;
by deleting the word “Attorney-General” in section 6 and substituting the word “Senate”;
by deleting subsection (1) of section 8 and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The Chief Justice, after consultation with the Senate, may make rules —
for the guidance and control of persons entitled to exercise the functions of a notary public under this Act;
to fix the fees payable to such notaries;
to fix the fees payable to the Singapore Academy of Law by any person on appointment as a notary public, and on renewal of such appointment;
prescribing the powers and functions of notaries public.”; and
by renumbering section 9 as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:“(2) Any person who, immediately before the date of commencement of section 11 of the Singapore Academy of Law (Amendment) Act 1995, is a notary public shall continue in office for a period of 3 months from that date and shall thereafter cease to be a notary public unless he is reappointed before the expiry of that period.”.