Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Government Proceedings (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 14

Section 14 of the Government Proceedings Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)at the time when the thing is suffered by that other person, he is —

(i)

on duty as a member of the forces; or

(ii)

though not on duty as a member of the forces —

(A)

on any land, premises, ship, aircraft or vehicle for the time being used for the purposes of the forces; or

(B)

on any journey necessary to enable him to report for duty as such or to return home after such duty; and”; and

(b)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a) of subsection (3), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(aa)that a person was or was not on any particular occasion either on any journey necessary to enable him to report for duty as such or to return home after such duty; or”.

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