Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Factories (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 6

Section 6(2) of the Factories Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (r) and substituting the following paragraph:“(r)any premises in which mechanical power is used in connection with the sorting, packing, handling or storing of articles which is carried out by way of trade or for purposes of gain or incidentally to another business so carried on;”;

(b)

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

(c)

by deleting the word “liquified” in paragraph (t) and substituting the word “liquefied”; and

(d)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (t) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(u)any land delineated as railway area in the plans and maps prepared under section 3(1) or (2) of the Rapid Transit Systems Act (Cap. 263A) on which any inspection, testing, repair or maintenance of any railway as defined in section 2 of that Act is carried out.”.