Singapore legislation

Clause 28

of Singapore Productivity and Standards Board Bill

Clause 28

Continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings

(1)

Where on the appointed day —

(a)

any disciplinary proceedings were pending against any employee of the National Productivity Board or the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research transferred to the service of the Board under section 25, the proceedings shall be carried on and completed by the Board; and

(b)

any matter was in the course of being heard or investigated or had been heard or investigated by a committee acting under due authority but no order or decision had been rendered thereon, the committee shall complete the hearing or investigation and make such order, ruling or direction as it could have made under the authority vested in it before the appointed day.

(2)

Any order, ruling or direction made or given by a committee pursuant to this section shall be treated as an order, a ruling or a direction of the Board and have the same force or effect as if it had been made or given by the Board pursuant to the authority vested in the Board under this Act or any regulations made thereunder.