Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill

This Act may be cited as the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act 1993 and shall come into operation on such date as the President may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Article 2(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (referred to in this Act as the Constitution) is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Government”, the following definition:“ “Judge of the Supreme Court” includes the Chief Justice, a Judge of Appeal and a Judge of the High Court;”.

Article 94 of the Constitution is amended —

Article 95 of the Constitution is amended —

Article 97 of the Constitution is repealed and the following Article substituted therefor:“Oath of Office of Judges and Judicial Commissioners of Supreme Court

97. The Chief Justice and every person appointed or designated to sit as a Judge of the High Court or a Judge of Appeal or appointed as a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court shall, before he enters on the execution of his office, take, in the presence of the President, the Oath of Office in the form set out in the First Schedule.”.

Article 99 of the Constitution is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “Supreme Court”, the words “or a person designated to sit as such a Judge or a Judicial Commissioner”.

Article 101 of the Constitution is repealed and the following Article substituted therefor:“Definition of “office”

101. In this Part, “office”, in relation to a Judge of the Supreme Court, means the office as Chief Justice, Judge of Appeal or Judge of the High Court, as the case may be.”.

The Judges of the Supreme Court, excluding the Chief Justice, holding office immediately before the commencement of this Act shall after such commencement continue to hold office as Judges of the High Court.