Clause 3

by inserting, immediately after the words “motor vehicle” at the end of subsection (1)(b), the words “in Singapore and in any territory specified in the Schedule”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections:“(1A) It is hereby declared that a policy of insurance —

which was issued on or before the commencement of the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) (Amendment) Act 1998 by an insurer who at the time the policy was issued was lawfully carrying on motor insurance business in Singapore; and

which insures such person, persons or classes of persons as may be specified in the policy in respect of any liability which may be incurred by him or them in respect of the death of or bodily injury to any person caused by or arising out of the use of a motor vehicle in any territory specified in the Schedule,shall be deemed always to have been a policy of insurance —

issued for the purposes of this Act; and

under which third parties are conferred rights by sections 9, 11, 13 and 14.(1B) Nothing in subsection (1A) shall affect the rights of any person under any judgment given by any court of law before the commencement of the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) (Amendment) Act 1998 in respect of any claim arising under a policy of insurance which falls within the description of that subsection.”; and

by inserting, immediately after the word “road” in the eleventh line of subsection (3), the words “in Singapore or in any territory specified in the Schedule”.