Revised Edition of the Laws (Rectification of Acts) (No. 2) Order 2022

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Revised Edition of the Laws Act 1983

Revised Edition of the Laws
(Rectification of Acts)
(No. 2) Order 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 23(1)(a) of the Revised Edition of the Laws Act 1983, the Law Revision Commissioners make the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order is the Revised Edition of the Laws (Rectification of Acts) (No. 2) Order 2022.

Rectification of errors

2.  The provisions of the Acts specified in the first column of the Schedule are rectified in the manner set out in the second column of the Schedule.

THE SCHEDULE

Paragraph 2

First column

Second column

1. Architects Act 1991
(2020 Revised Edition)

Section 29(3)

Replace “section 7B(2)” with “section 17B(2)”.

2. Central Provident Fund Act 1953
(2020 Revised Edition)

Section 68(1)(a)

Replace “pursuant to the execution” with “in pursuance of the execution”.

3. Criminal Procedure Code 2010
(2020 Revised Edition)

(a) Section 248(5)

Replace “the accused may be” with “he may be”.

(b) Section 252(1)

Replace “must report” with “shall report”.

(c) Section 359(2)

Replace “mentioned” with “referred to”.

(d) First Schedule, item relating to section 298, third column

Replace “May not arrest” with “Shall not arrest”.

4. Housing and Development Act 1959
(2020 Revised Edition)

Section 58(11)

Replace “is entitled” with “is to become entitled”.

5. Income Tax Act 1947
(2020 Revised Edition)

(a) Section 13(16) (definition of “financial sector incentive (capital market) company”)

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Replace “he or she” with “he”.

(b) Section 13(16) (proviso of the definition of “qualifying debt securities”)

(c) Section 13(16) (paragraph (c) of the definition of “qualifying project debt securities”)

6. Legal Profession Act 1966
(2020 Revised Edition)

Section 36S(27)

Replace “it were a subpoena” with “it was a subpoena”.

7. Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005
(2020 Revised Edition)

Fifth Schedule, paragraph 3(2)(b)

Delete “any” the first time it appears.

8. Medical Registration Act 1997
(2020 Revised Edition)

(a) Section 60A(2)(a)(i)

Replace “the investigator’s knowledge” with “that person’s knowledge”.

(b) Section 60A(2)(a)(ii)

Replace “the investigator’s custody” with “that person’s custody”.

9. Medicines Act 1975
(2020 Revised Edition)

Section 1(2)

Replace “Section 76 comes into operation” with “Section 76 and the Second Schedule come into operation”.

10. Passports Act 2007
(2020 Revised Edition)

Section 8(4)

Replace “specified in subsection (1)(b)” with “specified in subsection (1)”.

11. Penal Code 1871
(2020 Revised Edition)

Section 74A(1)

Replace “on or after 19 December 2018” with “on or after the date of commencement of the Vulnerable Adults Act 2018”.

12. Prisons Act 1933
(2020 Revised Edition)

First Schedule
(Schedule reference)

Replace “Section 50U(1) and 81” with “Sections 50U(1) and 82”.

13. Registered Designs Act 2000
(2020 Revised Edition)

Section 77(3)

Replace “that Act” with “the Copyright Act 2021”.

14. Singapore Academy of Law Act 1988
(2020 Revised Edition)

Section 5(1)

(a) After “affairs and”, insert “of the”; and

(b) replace “are vested” with “is vested”.

15. State Courts Act 1970
(2020 Revised Edition)

Section 4

Replace “is to appoint” with “shall appoint”.

16. Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act 2002
(2020 Revised Edition)

Section 7(1), (2) and (4)

Replace “from section 4(b)” with “from section 4(1)(b)”.

17. Town Councils Act 1988
(2020 Revised Edition)

Section 2(1) (paragraph (b) of the definition of “commercial property”)

Delete “or” at the end of the paragraph.

Made on 22 September 2022.

LUCIEN WONG

Chairperson,
Law Revision Commission,
Singapore.

[AG/LEGIS/SL/275/2020/4 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 23(2) of the Revised Edition of the Laws Act 1983).