REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
ACTS SUPPLEMENT
Published by Authority

NO. 18]Friday, July 12 [1996

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 2nd May 1996 and assented to by the President on 17th May 1996:—
Transfer of the Nanyang University Alumni Register Act 1996

(No. 18 of 1996)


I assent.

ONG TENG CHEONG
President
17th May 1996.
Date of Commencement: 31st August 1996
An Act to provide for the transfer of part of the Register of Graduates of the National University of Singapore to the Nanyang Technological University and for matters connected therewith.
Whereas the former University of Singapore established and incorporated by the repealed University of Singapore Act (Chapter 181 of the 1970 Revised Edition) was merged with the former Nanyang University established and incorporated by the repealed Nanyang University Act (Chapter 178 of the 1970 Revised Edition) on 8th August 1980 to form the National University of Singapore:
And Whereas part of the Register of Graduates of the National University of Singapore comprises the names of all members of the Guild of Graduates of the former Nanyang University and the names of all subscribers of the former Nanyang University:
And Whereas the Association of Nanyang University Graduates has requested and the Government has agreed that the names of the Guild of Graduates of the former Nanyang University be transferred from the Register of Graduates of the National University of Singapore to the Register of Graduates of the Nanyang Technological University.
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:
Short title and commencement
1.  This Act may be cited as the Transfer of the Nanyang University Alumni Register Act 1996 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Interpretation
2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Nanyang Technological University” means the Nanyang Technological University established and incorporated by the Nanyang Technological University Act [Cap. 192];
“National University of Singapore” means the National University of Singapore established and incorporated by the National University of Singapore Act [Cap. 204];
“NUS Register of Graduates” means the Register of Graduates maintained in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Schedule to the National University of Singapore Act.
Transfer of Part of Register of Graduates
3.  On the commencement of this Act —
(a)the Registrar of the National University of Singapore shall transfer to the Registrar of the Nanyang Technological University —
(i)the Part of the NUS Register of Graduates which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was known as Part B thereof;
(ii)the register of members of the former Nanyang University which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was maintained in accordance with paragraph 5 of the Fourth Schedule to the National University of Singapore Act [Cap. 204]; and
(iii)all documents in the possession of the Registrar of the National University of Singapore which relate to the Part of the NUS Register of Graduates and the register of members of the former Nanyang University so transferred; and
(b)the registers or part thereof transferred pursuant to paragraph (a ) shall constitute and form part of the Register of Graduates of the Nanyang Technological University maintained in accordance with section 35 of the Constitution of that University.
Transitional rules
4.  The Minister may make rules generally for the purpose of removing any difficulty which may arise by reason of the transfer of the registers and other documents referred to in section 3, and any rules so made shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any written law.
Consequential amendments
5.  The enactments mentioned in the Schedule shall have effect subject to the amendments to the extent specified therein (being amendments consequential on the preceding provisions of this Act).