Singapore legislation

Clause 16

of Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill

Clause 16

Amendment of section 46

Section 46 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (2)(a); (b)by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:“(c)prescribe the form and manner in which any prescribed notice is required to be given by any person to the Public Guardian, or to be given by a donor to a donee or vice versa; (d)prescribe the persons who may be given access by the Public Guardian to view a lasting power of attorney on the electronic transaction system or obtain any information on any particular lasting power of attorney, and the requirements that must be satisfied before the Public Guardian may give such access or information, as the case may be; and

(e)

contain such supplementary and incidental provisions as appear to the Minister to be appropriate for carrying out the purposes of Part IIIA.”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(c), a different form and manner may be prescribed for any notice to be given to the Public Guardian or donor or donee under different circumstances.”.