Clause 1
Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) (Amendment) Act 1998 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
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Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) (Amendment) Bill is Singapore Bill, cited as Bill 37 1998, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1998.
Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) (Amendment) Act 1998 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Amendment of section 21
Section 21 of the Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) If, on the report of the select committee to which a matter has been referred under subsection (1)(b), Parliament is satisfied that any person is guilty of any offence mentioned in section 20, Parliament may inflict upon such person all or any of the punishments provided in section 20 and also in the case of a Member expel him.”.
Amendment of section 23
Section 23(2) of the Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act is amended —
by deleting the words “sue for and”; and (b)by deleting the word “debt” and substituting the words “judgment debt”.