Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Medical Registration (Amendment) Bill

Clause 8

Amendment of section 21

Section 21 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (1)(b);

(b)

by deleting the comma at the end of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(d)complies with section 27,”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection: “(1A) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person who holds —

(a)

a Singapore degree; and (b)a certificate approved by the Medical Council as being equivalent to a certificate of experience and granted by a hospital or an institution outside Singapore that is recognised by the Medical Council for the purpose of this paragraph,shall be entitled to be registered as a medical practitioner with conditional registration in Part II of the Register of Medical Practitioners.”;

(d)

by deleting subsection (3); and

(e)

by deleting the word “imposed” in subsection (4).