Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of Article 5

Article 5 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (called in this Act the Constitution) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Article 8” in clause (1) and substituting the words “Articles 5A, 5B, 5C and 8”;

(b)

by deleting the words “the elected Members of Parliament referred to in Article 39(1)(a)” in clause (2) and substituting the words “Members of Parliament (excluding nominated Members)”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after clause (2), the following clause:“(2A) Clause (2) does not apply to a Bill to which Article 5A or 5B applies.”;

(d)

by deleting clause (3) and substituting the following clause:“(3) In this Article and Articles 5A, 5B and 5C, “amend” includes add to and repeal, and “amending” and “amendment” have corresponding meanings.”; and

(e)

by deleting the Article heading and substituting the following Article heading:“Ordinary procedure for amending Constitution”.