Singapore legislation

Clause 7

of Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill

Clause 7

Amendment of Article 95

Article 95 of the Constitution is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “the Judges of Appeal” in clause (1) and substituting the words “the Justices of the Court of Appeal, the Judges of the Appellate Division”;

(b)

by deleting the words “Judge of the Supreme Court” wherever they appear in clause (2) and substituting in each case the words “Supreme Court Judge”;

(c)

by deleting the words “a Judge of Appeal” in clause (2) and substituting the words “a Justice of the Court of Appeal, a Judge of the Appellate Division”;

(d)

by deleting clause (3);

(e)

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of clause (4) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)appoint a person who is qualified for appointment as a Supreme Court Judge to be a Judicial Commissioner;

(b)

appoint a person who has ceased to be a Supreme Court Judge to be a Senior Judge; or”;

(f)

by deleting the words “of the Supreme Court” in clauses (4)(c), (5), (7), (8), (9)(a) and (b), (10) and (11);

(g)

by deleting the word “Parliament” in clause (10) and substituting the words “The Legislature”; and

(h)

by deleting the words “Judges of Supreme Court” in the Article heading and substituting the words “Supreme Court Judges”.