Singapore legislation

Clause 9

of Stamp Duties (Amendment) Bill

Clause 9

Amendment of section 51

Section 51 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “person in charge of a public office, except a police officer” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “public officer or officer of a statutory body”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) Subsection (1) does not apply to —

(a)

a police officer; or

(b)

such other public officer or officer of a statutory body as the Minister may by order published in the Gazette exempt from that subsection.”.