Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 11/1985

Read the first time on 31st October 1985.

An Act to amend the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Act 1983 (No. 13 of 1983).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (Amendment) Act 1985.

New section 14A

2. The Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Act 1983 (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended by inserting, immediately after section 14, the following section:

“Protection from personal liability

14A. No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie personally against any member, officer or employee of the Corporation or other person acting under the direction of the Corporation for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in the execution or purported execution of this Act.”.

Amendment of section 17

3. Section 17(2) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “from banks and other financial institutions”.

New section 23A

4. The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 23, the following section:

“Annual report

23A. The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, submit to the Minister a report on the activities of the Corporation during that financial year and the Minister shall cause a copy of every such report to be presented to Parliament.”.

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