Constitution of the Republic of Singapore · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 14 · Transitional Provisions
164. Transitional provisions for Article 19B
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The Legislature must, by law —
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
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.
In this Article, “appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act 2016.
commencement
“commencement”, used with reference to this Constitution, means 9 August 1965;