Interpretation Act 1965 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous
48. The Gazette
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The Gazette is to be published by the authority of any written law or of the Government.
Gazette
“Gazette” or “Government Gazette” means the Gazette published in electronic or other form by order of the Government and includes any supplement thereto and any Gazette Extraordinary so published;
The Gazette may be published in one or more forms, including on the prescribed website, in any other electronic form and in print.
prescribed
“prescribed” means prescribed by the Act in which the word occurs or by any subsidiary legislation made thereunder and, in relation to forms, includes being set out in electronic form on an electronically accessible server (such as an internet website) that is specified in the Act or subsidiary legislation in which the word occurs;
If a Gazette is published in 2 or more forms, that Gazette is deemed to be published on the date on which that Gazette is first published in any form.
The Gazette published in each of the following forms is to be judicially noticed:
the Gazette published on the prescribed website on or after the appointed date;
the Gazette published in print;
any other form of the Gazette that is prescribed,and, for the purpose of paragraph (b), reference may be made to any printed document purporting to be the Gazette published by authority and printed by the Government Printer.
Subject to subsections (6) and (7), the Gazette published in each of the forms mentioned in subsection (4) is, in all courts and for all purposes, prima facie evidence of the matters published therein.
To the extent of any inconsistency, a Gazette published on the prescribed website on or after the appointed date prevails over that Gazette published in any other form on or after that date.
To the extent of any inconsistency, a Gazette published in print before the appointed date prevails over that Gazette published in any other form before that date.
The Minister charged with the responsibility for Government publications may make regulations to prescribe any matter —
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for the department or subject to which the context refers;
required or permitted by this section to be prescribed; and
for the purposes of carrying out this section.
In this section, “appointed date” means the date of commencement of section 2 of the Electronic Gazette and Legislation Act 2025.
commencement
“commencement”, in relation to an Act, means the time at which the Act comes into operation in Singapore;