Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Electronic Gazette and Legislation Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of Revised Edition of the Laws Act 1983

In the Revised Edition of the Laws Act 1983 —

(a)

before section 1, insert —“PART 1PRELIMINARY”;

(b)

before section 3, insert —“PART 2LAW REVISION COMMISSION”;

(c)

before section 4, insert —“PART 3REVISION OF ACTS”;

(d)

in section 10(3)(a), after “be”, insert “in electronic form,”;

(e)

in section 11(2), (3) and (4), delete “booklet or loose‑leaf” wherever it appears;

(f)

in section 11(2), delete “on the front page”;

(g)

delete section 11A;

(h)

before section 15, insert —“PART 4REVISION OF SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION”;

(i)

in section 15(1), after “any manner or form”, insert “(including in electronic form)”;

(j)

in section 17(5), after “in any form”, insert “(including in electronic form)”;

(k)

in section 17, delete subsection (6);

(l)

in section 17, replace subsection (7) with —“(7) In the preparation of a revised edition of subsidiary legislation under subsection (5), the Commissioners —

(a)

have the like powers to do all things as are conferred upon them by section 15(2) and (3); and

(b)

may include any notes, indexes, instructions or other information that they consider useful.”;

(m)

before section 18, insert —“PART 5supplementary provisionsElectronic versions of revised editions to be prima facie evidence of proper law, etc.17A.—

(1)

A revised edition of any material published in electronic form under this Act (including under section 11A(1) as in force before the appointed date) is, in all courts and for all purposes, prima facie evidence of the proper law of Singapore in respect of that material.(2) To the extent of any inconsistency, the revised edition of any material published in electronic form under this Act on or after the appointed date prevails over the same revised edition published in print under this Act on or after that date.(3) To the extent of any inconsistency, the revised edition of any material published in print under this Act before the appointed date prevails over the same revised edition published in electronic form under this Act before that date.(4) In this section —“appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 3(m) of the Electronic Gazette and Legislation Act 2024;“material” means any Act, subsidiary legislation, treaty, convention or other instrument.”;

(n)

in section 18(1), replace “indices” with “indexes”;

(o)

delete section 21;

(p)

delete section 22; and

(q)

in section 23(1), replace “printing error” with “publication error”.

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