Singapore legislation
Clause 17
Clause 17
Saving and transitional provisions
(1)
Any person who, immediately before the commencement date, was the Commissioner of National Registration, the Deputy Commissioner of National Registration, or an Assistant Commissioner of National Registration, appointed under section 3(1) of the National Registration Act in force immediately before the commencement date is to be treated as the Commissioner of National Registration, the Deputy Commissioner of National Registration or an Assistant Commissioner of National Registration, respectively, appointed by the Minister under that section (as amended by this Act) until —
his appointment is revoked by the Minister;
the term of his appointment expires; or
he vacates his office, for any reason, before the expiry of his term of appointment.
(2)
Any person who, immediately before the commencement date, was a registration officer appointed under section 3(1A) of the National Registration Act in force immediately before the commencement date is to be treated as a registration officer appointed by the Commissioner under section 3(4) of the National Registration Act (as amended by this Act) until —
his appointment is revoked by the Commissioner;
the term of his appointment expires; or
he vacates his office, for any reason, before the expiry of his term of appointment.
(3)
A registration officer mentioned in subsection (2) must not exercise any power of a registration officer under section 15B, 16, 16B or 16C of the National Registration Act (as amended by this Act) unless he is a public officer and is authorised by the Commissioner to exercise that power.
(4)
The register that is kept and maintained by the Commissioner under section 4(1) of the National Registration Act in force immediately before the commencement date is to be treated as the register required to be kept and maintained by the Commissioner under that section (as amended by this Act).
(5)
This section does not affect the operation of, or derogate from, section 16 of the Interpretation Act (Cap. 1).
(6)
For a period of 2 years after the commencement date, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act as the Minister may consider necessary or expedient.
(7)
In this section, “commencement date” means the date of commencement of this Act.