Singapore legislation

Clause 4

Repeal and re-enactment of section 64

Section 64 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Hours of business and excluded days64.—

(1)

The Registrar may issue practice directions to specify —

(a)

the hours of business of the Registry; and

(b)

the days which are to be treated as excluded days.(2) The Minister may prescribe the effect of doing any business under this Act —

(a)

on any day after the hours of business of the Registry; or

(b)

on any day which is an excluded day.(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) —

(a)

different hours of business may be specified for different classes of business;

(b)

different excluded days may be specified for different classes of business; and

(c)

different effects of doing business —

(i)

outside the hours of business of the Registry; or

(ii)

on an excluded day,may be prescribed for different classes of business.”.