Singapore legislation
Clause 5
of Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill
Clause 5
Amendment of Article 22
The Constitution is amended by renumbering Article 22 as clause (1) of that Article, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following clauses:“(2) Where the President, contrary to the recommendation of the Council of Presidential Advisers, refuses to make an appointment or refuses to revoke an appointment under clause (1), Parliament may, by resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of the total number of the elected Members of Parliament referred to in Article 39(1)(a), overrule the decision of the President.(3) Upon the passing of a resolution under clause (2), the President shall be deemed to have made the appointment or revoked the appointment, as the case may be, on the date of the passing of such resolution.”.