Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Town Councils (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

Amendment of section 8

Section 8 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)such other members appointed by the chairman in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) At least 6 individuals must be appointed under subsection (1)(b) as appointed members of a Town Council, but the maximum number that may be so appointed is the higher of the following:

(a)

10 for each Member of Parliament required to be returned at any parliamentary election for each constituency comprised in the Town of that Town Council;

(b)

30.”.