REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
ACTS SUPPLEMENT
Published by Authority

NO. 21]Friday, July 5 [1996

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 21st May 1996 and assented to by the President on 20th June 1996:—
Departmental Titles (Alteration) (Amendment) Act 1996

(No. 20 of 1996)


I assent.

ONG TENG CHEONG
President
20th June 1996.
Date of Commencement: 12th July 1996
An Act to amend the Departmental Titles (Alteration) Act (Chapter 77 of the 1985 Revised Edition).
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 Departmental Titles (Alteration) (Amendment) Act 1996 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Repeal and re-enactment of section 3
2.  Section 3 of the Departmental Titles (Alteration) Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
Power to add to or amend Schedule
3.—(1)  The appropriate Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, at any time add to or amend the Schedule.
(2)  In this section, “appropriate Minister”, in relation to any title or name of office, means the Minister charged with the responsibility for the department to which the title or name of office relates.”.