Clause 1
Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act 1986 and shall come into operation on such date as the President may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
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Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill is Singapore Bill, cited as Bill 22 1986, currently marked not in force and first recorded in 1986.
Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act 1986 and shall come into operation on such date as the President may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Amendment of Article 9
Article 9(5) of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “enemy alien”, the words “or to any person arrested for contempt of Parliament pursuant to a warrant issued under the hand of the Speaker”.
Amendment of Article 46
Article 46(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is amended —
by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (d); and
by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (e) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(f)if he is expelled from Parliament in the exercise of its power of expulsion.”.
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