Singapore legislation

Clause 19

of Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Bill

Clause 19

Amendment of section 24

Section 24 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to know that he has AIDS or HIV Infection if a serological test or other test for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of HIV Infection carried out on him has given a positive result and the result has been communicated to him.”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “2 years” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “10 years”.