Clause 17

in section 10, in the section heading, before “executive secretary”, insert “executive director,”;

in section 10, before “executive secretary”, insert “executive director,”;

in section 25(3)(b), replace “Duke‑NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore” with “Duke‑NUS Medical School Singapore (formerly known as the Duke‑NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore)”;

in section 59A(11), replace paragraph (a) with —“(a)in the case of a Disciplinary Tribunal appointed under section 59(1) —

the chairman of the Disciplinary Tribunal may apply in writing to the Chief Justice for one or more extensions of time to make its finding and order; and

the Chief Justice may, subject to such conditions as the Chief Justice may impose, grant —

one or more extensions of time, each not exceeding 9 months; or

if there are circumstances beyond the control of the Disciplinary Tribunal that necessitate an extension of time that exceeds 9 months, one or more extensions of time, each exceeding 9 months; or”;

in section 59U(1), replace “Where” with “Subject to subsection (1A), where”;

in section 59U(1), replace “3 months” with “9 months”;

in section 59U, after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) Despite subsection (1), if there are circumstances beyond the control of the Complaints Committee, Review Committee or Disciplinary Tribunal mentioned in section 45(4), 56(3) or 59A(13) (as the case may be) that necessitate a further extension of time that exceeds 9 months, the General Division of the High Court may, subject to such conditions as the General Division of the High Court may impose, grant one or more further extensions of time, each exceeding 9 months.”;

in section 68B(1) and (2), after “required by”, insert “or under”;

in section 68B(2)(b), replace “documents or, if no address is so specified,” with “documents generally, or specifically for the document, or (if no address is so specified)”;

in section 68B(2)(d), insert “or” at the end;

in section 68B(2), delete paragraph (e);

in section 68B(3) and (4), replace “under” with “by or under”;

in section 68B(3)(a), after “similar officer”, insert “, or an authorised representative,”;

in section 68B(3)(b), insert “or” at the end;

in section 68B(3), delete paragraph (c);

in section 68B(4)(b), insert “or” at the end;

in section 68B(4), delete paragraph (c);

in section 68B(5), delete paragraph (a);

in section 68B, replace subsection (6) with —“(6) However, service of any document under this Act on a person by email may be effected only with the person’s prior written consent to service in that way.”;

in section 68B(8), before the definition of “business address”, insert —“ “authorised representative”, in relation to a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), means any person authorised to accept service of documents on behalf of the partnership;”; and

in section 68B(8), in the definition of “document”, after “required by”, insert “or under”.