REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
ACTS SUPPLEMENT
Published by Authority
NO. 2]Friday, January 6 [2023
The following Act was passed by Parliament on 29 November 2022 and assented to by the President on 27 December 2022:—
Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment No. 3) Act 2022

(No. 40 of 2022)

I assent.

HALIMAH YACOB,
President.
27 December 2022.
Date of Commencement: 3 January 2023
An Act to amend the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore.
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:
Short title
1.  This Act is the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment No. 3) Act 2022.
New Article 156
2.  The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is amended by inserting, immediately after Article 155, the following Article:
“Institution of marriage
156.—(1)  The Legislature may, by law, define, regulate, protect, safeguard, support, foster and promote the institution of marriage.
(2)  Subject to any written law, the Government and any public authority may, in the exercise of their executive authority, protect, safeguard, support, foster and promote the institution of marriage.
(3)  Nothing in Part 4 invalidates a law enacted before, on or after the date of commencement of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment No. 3) Act 2022 by reason that the law —
(a)defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman; or
(b)is based on such a definition of marriage.
(4)  Nothing in Part 4 invalidates an exercise of executive authority before, on or after the date of commencement of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment No. 3) Act 2022 by reason that the exercise is based on a definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.”.
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