Singapore legislation

Clause 16

of Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 16

Amendment of Protection from Harassment Act 2014

In the Protection from Harassment Act 2014 —

(a)

in section 2(1), delete the definition of “court” and substitute —“ “court” means a court of competent jurisdiction;”;

(b)

in section 6(5) (definition of “public service worker”) and (6), delete “employees or workers” and substitute “employees, workers or other persons”;

(c)

in section 13(5), delete “District Court” and substitute “court”; and

(d)

in section 16I, after subsection (5), insert —“(6) In this section, proceedings are related to Part 3 proceedings if —

(a)

both of those proceedings involve any common issue of law or fact; or

(b)

the rights to relief claimed in both of those proceedings are in respect of the same conduct or course of conduct.”.