Singapore legislation

Clause 4

Amendment of section 4

Section 4(1) of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “shall have power in their discretion” and substituting the words “have power, without changing the meaning of any Act”;

(b)

by deleting the words “supply or alter” in paragraph (d) and substituting the words “supply, alter or omit”;

(c)

by deleting the words “rules, regulations or by‑laws” in paragraph (e)(iii) and substituting the words “subsidiary legislation”;

(d)

by deleting paragraph (i) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(i)to change the order of sections or other provisions of an Act, and to number or renumber the sections or other provisions of an Act;

(ia)to make the following editorial changes to bring an Act in line, or more closely in line, with current legislative drafting practice:

(i)

changes to spelling, punctuation, grammar or syntax, or the use of conjunctives and disjunctives;

(ii)

changes to the way of referring to or expressing a number, year, date, time, amount of money or of other things, penalty, quantity, measurement or other matter, idea or concept;

(iii)

changes to language that indicates or could be taken to indicate gender;”;

(e)

by deleting the words “not affecting the meaning of any Act” in paragraph (l); and

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the word “correct” in paragraph (n), the words “or update”.

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