Singapore legislation

Clause 44

Savings and transitional provisions

(1)

Section 6 of this Act applies to and in relation to any appeal to the Commissioner, whether made before, on or after the date of commencement of that section.

(2)

Sections 10, 11, 15 and 17 of this Act shall not apply to, or in relation to, any disciplinary proceedings that —

(a)

are instituted against a police officer below the rank of inspector before the respective dates of commencement of those sections;

(b)

are pending on those respective dates of commencement,and those proceedings may be continued, and any punishment may be imposed on such a police officer, as if the relevant section had not been enacted.

(3)

Sections 28, 29 and 30(a) to (e) and (g) of this Act shall not apply to or in relation to any disciplinary proceedings that —

(a)

are instituted against a special police officer before the respective dates of commencement of those sections; and

(b)

are pending on those respective dates of commencement,and those proceedings may be continued and any punishment may be imposed on such a special police officer as if the relevant section had not been enacted.

(4)

Section 36 of this Act shall not apply to any lost property and unclaimed property deposited at a police station before the date of commencement of that section; and section 108 of the principal Act as in force before that date shall continue to apply to lost property and unclaimed property so deposited as if this Act had not been enacted.

(5)

Section 38 of this Act shall apply to —

(a)

any lost property and unclaimed property deposited with a police officer before, on or after the date of commencement of that section; and

(b)

any movable property in Singapore taken charge of by the police under section 109 of the principal Act as in force before, on or after the date of commencement of section 37 of this Act.

(6)

Section 40 of this Act does not prevent the commencement and maintenance of any disciplinary proceedings on or after the date of commencement of that section with respect to any disciplinary offence alleged to have been committed before that date, but it shall not be lawful to institute any disciplinary proceedings against a police officer in respect of such a disciplinary offence alleged to have been committed by the police officer if, on that date, such proceedings in respect of that offence are barred by virtue of the expiration of the time allowed under the principal Act as in force before that date.

(7)

For a period of 2 years after the date of commencement of any provision in this Act, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of that provision as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient.

(8)

This section applies without prejudice to section 16 of the Interpretation Act (Cap. 1) except as expressly provided by or under this section.

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