Clause 18

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Appeals Panel under this section or section 13 refusing to determine that a citizen of Singapore referred to in section 12(2) is a Pioneer may, at any time but no later than the closing date specified under section 13(5) for verification applications mentioned in section 13(4)(a), apply in writing to that Panel to reconsider that decision.(1A) A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Appeals Panel under this section or section 13 refusing to determine that a citizen of Singapore referred to in section 12A(2) is a Merdeka Generation Senior may, at any time but no later than the closing date specified under section 13(5) for verification applications mentioned in section 13(4)(b), apply in writing to that Panel to reconsider that decision.”;

by deleting the words “Pioneer Generation” in subsections (2), (3) and (4) and in the section heading; (c)by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (1)” in subsection (3), the words “or (1A)”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “section 12(2)” in subsection (3), the words “or 12A(2) (as the case may be)”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “Pioneer” in subsection (3)(a), the words “or Merdeka Generation Senior (as the case may be)”; and

by inserting, immediately after the word “application” in subsection (3)(a), the words “(if made)”.