Singapore legislation

Article 164

of Constitution of the Republic of Singapore

Article 164

Transitional provisions for Article 19B

Amended by28/201628/2016

Quoted provision

Clause 1

Amended by28/2016

The Legislature must, by law —

(a)

specify the first term of office of the President to be counted for the purposes of deciding whether an election is reserved under Article 19B; and

(b)

if any of the terms of office that are counted for the purposes of deciding whether an election is reserved under Article 19B commenced before the appointed date, further specify the communities to which the persons who held those terms of office are considered to belong.

Quoted provision

Clause 2

Amended by28/2016

In this Article, “appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act 2016.

Article 164 — Constitution of the Republic of Singapore