Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Judicial Service (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 12

Amendment of Public Service Commission and Legal Service Commission Act

The Public Service Commission and Legal Service Commission Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately before the words “and the Legal Service Commission” in the long title, the words “, the Judicial Service Commission”;

(b)

by deleting the words “Public Service Commission and Legal Service Commission Act” in section 1 and substituting the words “Public Service (Service Commissions) Act”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after section 1, the following section:“Interpretation1A. In this Act, “Commission” —“(a)means the Public Service Commission, the Judicial Service Commission or the Legal Service Commission; and

(b)

includes a personnel board established under Article 110D, 111I or 111Q of the Constitution.”;

(d)

by deleting the words “the duty of the Public Service Commission or the Legal Service Commission (either of which shall be referred to in this Act as the Commission)” in section 2 and substituting the words “the duty of a Commission”;

(e)

by deleting the word “Commission” in the section headings of sections 2, 3, 5 and 6 and substituting in each case the word “Commissions”;

(f)

by deleting the words “between the Commission” in section 3 and substituting the words “between a Commission”;

(g)

by deleting the words “No member of the Commission” in section 4(1) and substituting the words “No member of a Commission”;

(h)

by deleting the words “A member of the Commission” in section 5 and substituting the words “A member of a Commission”;

(i)

by deleting the words “any decision of the Commission or any member of the Commission” in section 6(1) and substituting the words “any decision of a Commission or any member of a Commission”; and

(j)

by repealing section 8.

Clause 12 — Judicial Service (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill