Singapore legislation
Clause 25
Clause 25
Savings and transitional provisions
(1)
Every licence granted under section 6(1) of the principal Act in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 5 of this Act shall be deemed to be a written permission granted under section 6(1) of the principal Act as amended by this Act.
(2)
Every licence granted under section 15(1) of the principal Act in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 10 of this Act shall be deemed to be a written permission granted under section 15(1) of the principal Act as amended by this Act.
(3)
Any application that is made before the date of commencement of section 5 or 10 of this Act for a licence under section 6(1) or 15(1), respectively, of the principal Act in force immediately before that date and that is still pending on that date shall, as from that date, be deemed to be an application for a written permission under section 6(1) or 15(1), as the case may be, of the principal Act as amended by this Act.
(4)
Every written permission granted under section 8(1) of the principal Act in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 7 of this Act shall be deemed to be a permit granted under section 8(1) of the principal Act as amended by this Act.
(5)
Any application that is made before the date of commencement of section 7 of this Act for a written permission under section 8(1) of the principal Act in force immediately before that date and that is still pending on that date shall, as from that date, be deemed to be an application for a permit under section 8(1) of the principal Act as amended by this Act.
(6)
Section 20 shall not apply to any expenses incurred in relation to an emergency occurring before the date of commencement of the section.
(7)
Section 23 of this Act shall not apply to or in relation to an offence under the principal Act committed by a body corporate before the date of commencement of section 23, and section 71 of the principal Act in force immediately before the commencement of section 23 of this Act shall continue to apply in relation to such offence as if section 23 had not been enacted.
(8)
Section 23 shall apply to or in relation to an offence under the principal Act committed by a partnership, limited liability partnership or unincorporated association on or after the date of commencement of that section.