Singapore legislation
Clause 37
Clause 37
Savings and transitional provisions
(1)
Any application that is made before the date of commencement of section 34(l), (m) and (n) of this Act for the appointment of an institution as an approved school or an approved home under section 56(1) of the principal Act in force immediately before that date and that is still pending on that date shall, as from that date, be deemed to be an application for the appointment of that institution as a juvenile rehabilitation centre or a place of safety, as appropriate, under section 56(1) of the principal Act as amended by this Act.
(2)
Where a school is appointed or established as an approved school under Part VI of the principal Act in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 34(k) of this Act —
that approved school shall be deemed to be a juvenile rehabilitation centre under the principal Act as amended by this Act; and
any certificate of appointment issued by the Minister under section 56(2) of the principal Act in force immediately before that date shall be deemed to be a certificate appointing that school as a juvenile rehabilitation centre and shall, unless the certificate is earlier cancelled, expire on such date as it would have expired had this Act not been enacted.
(3)
Where a home is appointed or established as an approved home under Part VI of the principal Act in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 34(k) of this Act —
that approved home shall be deemed to be a place of safety under the principal Act as amended by this Act; and
any certificate of appointment issued by the Minister under section 56(2) of the principal Act in force immediately before that date shall be deemed to be a certificate appointing that home as a place of safety and shall, unless the certificate is earlier cancelled, expire on such date as it would have expired had this Act not been enacted.
(4)
Where any place, orphanage, hospital, home or other institution has been appointed or declared, as the case may be, to be a place of safety under section 27 of the principal Act in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 34(a) and (g) of this Act, that place of safety —
shall be deemed to a place of temporary care and protection under the principal Act as amended by this Act; and
shall remain a place of temporary care and protection for such period as may be stated in the notification in the Gazette made under section 27 of the principal Act as in force before that date appointing or declaring that place of safety as such.
(5)
Every family conference which was convened under section 45 of the principal Act in force immediately before the date of commencement of section 20 of this Act and which has not been concluded by that date shall be deemed to be a juvenile case conference under the principal Act as amended by this Act.
(6)
For a period of 2 years after the commencement of this section, the Minister may, by regulations, prescribe such additional provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act as he may consider necessary or expedient.