Civil List and Pension (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 17/2012

Read the first time on 13th August 2012.
An Act to amend the Civil List and Pension Act (Chapter 44 of the 2002 Revised Edition) and to make a consequential amendment to the Pension Fund Act (Chapter 224A of the 1996 Revised Edition).
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 Civil List and Pension (Amendment) Act 2012.
Amendment of long title
2.  The long title to the Civil List and Pension Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended by deleting the words “and pension” and substituting the words “and gratuity”.
Amendment of section 1
3.  Section 1 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “and Pension” and substituting the words “and Gratuity”.
Deletion and substitution of heading to Part II
4.  Part II of the principal Act is amended by deleting the Part heading and substituting the following Part heading:.
GRATUITY”.
Repeal of sections 8, 9 and 11
5.  Sections 8, 9 and 11 of the principal Act are repealed.
Amendment of section 12
6.  Section 12 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “pension or”;
(b)by deleting the words “the pension” in paragraph (a)(ii) and substituting the words “the gratuity”; and
(c)by deleting the words “Pension or gratuity” in the section heading and substituting the word “Gratuity”.
Amendment of section 13
7.  Section 13 of the principal Act is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “pension or”; and
(b)by deleting the words “Pensions and gratuities” in the section heading and substituting the word “Gratuities”.
Consequential amendment to Pension Fund Act
8.  The Schedule to the Pension Fund Act (Cap. 224A) is amended by deleting the words “and Pension” in item 2 and substituting the words “and Gratuity”.
Saving
9.  This Act shall not affect any pension or gratuity granted under the principal Act as in force before the commencement of this Act, and the provisions of the principal Act and the Pension Fund Act (Cap. 224A) shall continue to apply with respect to that pension or gratuity as if this Act had not been enacted.