Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 20/1971

Read the first time on 19th October 1971.

An Act to amend the Parliamentary Pensions Act (Chapter 51 of the 1970 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 Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1971, and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of July 1969.

Amendment of section 2

2. Section 2 of the Parliamentary Pensions Act (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) is hereby amended —

(a)

by re-numbering the existing section as subsection (1);

(b)

by deleting the words “or Parliamentary Secretary” appearing in the fourth and fifth lines of the definition of “Member” in subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “, Parliamentary Secretary or Political Secretary”;

(c)

by deleting the words “or Parliamentary Secretary” appearing in the sixth line of the definition of “salary” in subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “, Parliamentary Secretary or Political Secretary”; and

(d)

by inserting immediately after subsection (1) thereof the following new subsections: —

“(2) Where a Speaker is not, or has not been, an elected Member of Parliament for any period, the expression “salary” shall, for such period, mean the salary payable to him in respect of his service as Speaker.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, where for any period a person who is entitled to any pension or other benefit under this Act voluntarily refrains from receiving the whole or any part of any salary due to him in respect of the office held by him, then, in calculating such pension or benefit he shall, for such period, be deemed to have received the full salary to which he was entitled as holder of that office, even if such salary is fixed at a subsequent date.”.

Amendment of section 5

3. Subsection (3) of section 5 of the principal Act is hereby deleted and the following substituted therefor: —

“(3) For the purpose of computing the amount of pension payable to a Member or backbencher, there shall be excluded any salary, allowance or other monetary benefits received by him from any source other than his salary within the meaning of this Act.”.

Amendment of section 6

4. Section 6 of the principal Act is hereby amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “but not amount of pension” appearing in the marginal note thereto; and
(b)	by deleting the words “but not” appearing in the fourteenth line thereof.

Amendment of section 10

5. Subsection (1) of section 10 of the principal Act is hereby amended —

(a)	by inserting immediately after the word “to” appearing in the fourth line of paragraph (a) thereof the words “at least”; and
(b)	by inserting immediately after the word “ceases” appearing in the first line of paragraph (b) thereof the words “or has ceased”.

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