Clause 11

Section 9 of the Application of English Law Act (Cap. 7A, 1994 Ed.) is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsections:“(6) The Commissioners shall cause every revised edition of an English enactment to be published in the form of a booklet or in loose-leaf form.(7) The Commissioners may also cause a revised edition of any English enactment that is or has been published in accordance with subsection (6) to be published in electronic form.(8) Notwithstanding subsections (3) and (6), any English enactment published in electronic form under subsection (7) may, in all courts and for all purposes, be taken and accepted as prima facie evidence of the proper law of Singapore in respect of that enactment.(9) Where there is any discrepancy or inconsistency between a revised edition of any English enactment published in the form of a booklet or in loose-leaf form and the same revised edition of that English enactment published in electronic form, the revised edition published in the form of a booklet or in loose-leaf form shall prevail.”.