REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
ACTS SUPPLEMENT
Published by Authority

NO. 30]Friday, August 31 [2001

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 25th July 2001 and assented to by the President on 30th July 2001:—
Official Secrets (Amendment) Act 2001

(No. 27 of 2001)


I assent.

S R NATHAN,
President.
30th July 2001.
Date of Commencement: 1st September 2001
An Act to amend the Official Secrets Act (Chapter 213 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 Official Secrets (Amendment) Act 2001 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Amendment of section 2
2.  Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the word “Government” in the 3rd line of the definition of “office under the Government” in subsection (1), the words “or any specified organisation”;
(b)by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “prohibited place” in subsection (1) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:
“ “specified organisation” means any organisation specified in the Schedule.”; and
(c)by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:
(3)  The President may, by notification in the Gazette, amend the Schedule.”.
Amendment of section 5
3.  Section 5 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the word “Government” in the following subsections, the words “or any specified organisation”:
Subsections (1)(e) (5th line), (3) (5th line) and (4) (3rd line); and
(b)by inserting, immediately after the words “public service” in the 6th line of subsection (4) and immediately after the word “Government” in the last line of that subsection, the words “or that specified organisation”.
Amendment of section 6
4.  Section 6 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the word “department” in the 3rd and in the 6th lines of subsection (1)(f), the words “or any specified organisation”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after the word “Government” in the 8th and 9th lines of subsection (1)(f), the words “or that specified organisation”; and
(c)by deleting the words “or any person authorised by that department” in the 7th and 8th lines of subsection (2)(a) and substituting the words “or any specified organisation or any person authorised by that department or specified organisation”.
New Schedule
5.  The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 19, the following Schedule:
THE SCHEDULE
Section 2(1) and (3)
Specified Organisations
(1)Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore
(2)Central Provident Fund Board
(3)Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore
(4)Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation
(5)Defence Science and Technology Agency
(6)DSO National Laboratories
(7)Economic Development Board
(8)Energy Market Authority of Singapore
(9)Housing and Development Board
(10)Info-communications Development Authority of Singapore
(11)Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore
(12)Jurong Town Corporation
(13)Land Transport Authority of Singapore
(14)Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
(15)Monetary Authority of Singapore
(16)National Heritage Board
(17)Public Utilities Board
(18)Singapore Broadcasting Authority
(19)Singapore Land Authority
(20)Trade Development Board
(21)Urban Redevelopment Authority.”.