Singapore legislation

Clause 14

of Administration of Muslim Law (Amendment) Bill

Clause 14

Amendment of section 54A

Section 54A of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The Court or an Appeal Board may grant or refuse permission to use in proceedings before the Court or Appeal Board, or to bring into the Court or the place of the Appeal Board hearing, a recording device.”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “The Court” in subsections (2) and (3), the words “or Appeal Board”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “as the Court” in subsection (2), the words “or Appeal Board”;

(d)

by deleting the words “in the Court” in subsections (3) and (6)(a) and substituting in each case the words “before the Court or Appeal Board”;

(e)

by deleting the words “uses in or brings into the Court” in subsection (4)(a) and substituting the words “uses in proceedings before the Court or an Appeal Board or brings into the Court or the place of the Appeal Board hearing”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the words “the Court” in subsection (5), the words “or Appeal Board”;

(g)

by deleting the definition of “audio or visual recording” in subsection (7) and substituting the following definitions:“ “audio or visual recording” means an audio recording, a visual recording, or a recording that comprises both an audio recording and a visual recording, and includes —

(a)

any recording of a temporary nature, including (but not limited to) any such recording for the purposes of contemporaneous or instantaneous publication or transmission; and

(b)

in relation to proceedings before the Court or an Appeal Board, an audio or visual recording of —

(i)

a person participating in, viewing or listening to proceedings before the Court or Appeal Board; or

(ii)

a person viewing or listening to an audio or visual recording of proceedings before the Court or Appeal Board;“proceedings before the Court or an Appeal Board” includes proceedings before the Court or an Appeal Board, or any part of the proceedings before the Court or Appeal Board, conducted through any electronic means of communication;”; and

(h)

by deleting the words “in Court” in the section heading and substituting the words “in proceedings before Court or Appeal Board”.

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