Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 12

Amendment of International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Act

The International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Act (Cap. 145, 2013 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “international organisations” in the long title, the words “, in particular those”;

(b)

by deleting subsection (1) of section 2 and substituting the following subsection:“(1) This section applies to the following:

(a)

any organisation declared by an order of the President to be an organisation of which the Government and the government or governments of one or more foreign sovereign Powers are members;

(b)

any organisation specified in the First Schedule.”;

(c)

by deleting the words “the Schedule” wherever they appear in section 2(2) and substituting in each case the words “the Second Schedule”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after section 5, the following section and Schedule:“Amendment of First Schedule

6. The Minister may, by notification published in the Gazette, amend the First Schedule.FIRST SCHEDULESections 2(1)(b) and 6SPECIFIED ORGANISATIONS1.International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.”; and

(e)

by renaming the existing Schedule as the Second Schedule.