Singapore legislation

Clause 16

of Public Entertainments and Meetings (Amendment) Bill

Clause 16

Amendment of section 23

Section 23 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)to prescribe the fees or charges in respect of any matter or thing to be done or required under or for the purposes of this Act, including for any application or licence;

(b)

to prescribe the matters required or permitted to be prescribed by this Act;”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) In this section, “Minister” means —

(a)

the Minister charged with the responsibility for the licensing of arts entertainments insofar as the power under this section is exercised in connection with section 15A, 15B or 15C; and

(b)

the appropriate Minister insofar as the power under this section is exercised in connection with any other provision of this Act.”.

Clause 16 — Public Entertainments and Meetings (Amendment) Bill