Singapore legislation
Clause 27
Clause 27
Savings and transitional provisions
(1)
The Prison Officers Reward Fund shall, on the date of commencement of section 21 of this Act, be dissolved and any balance of moneys remaining in that Fund shall be transferred to the Consolidated Fund.
(2)
Every person who, immediately before the date of commencement of section 5 of this Act, is a medical officer for the prisons, shall be deemed to have been appointed on that date by the Director under the Prisons Act as amended by that section.
(3)
Sections 16 and 17 of this Act shall —
not apply in respect of any home detention order made under the Prisons Act before the date of commencement of those sections, unless that order is revoked or suspended on or after that date; and
except as provided in paragraph (a), apply to any prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment on or after the date of commencement of those sections.
(4)
Section 22 of this Act shall apply to any punishment imposed by a Superintendent before the date of commencement of that section where such punishment has not been confirmed or varied by the Director before that date.
(5)
Any sentence of corporal punishment passed under the Prisons Act before the date of commencement of section 25 of this Act shall —
remain in force as if this Act had not been enacted; and
if not already inflicted before the date of commencement of section 25(b) of this Act, be inflicted in accordance with the Prisons Act as amended by that section.