Singapore legislation

Clause 34

of Employment (Amendment) Bill

Clause 34

Amendment of section 105

Section 105(1) of the Employment Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the word “inspection” in the first line, the words “or enquiry”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)examine orally any person supposed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the employment of any person, and to reduce into writing the answer given or statement made by that person; and such person shall be bound to state truly the facts and circumstances with which he is acquainted concerning the employment; and the statement made by that person shall be read over to him and shall, after correction, be signed by him;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “make copies of” in paragraph (d), the words “, take or remove”;

(d)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (d); and

(e)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (e) and substituting the words “; and” and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(f)take or remove for the purposes of an enquiry any other document concerning the employees or their employment.”.