Official Secrets (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 26/2001

Read the first time on 11th July 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.”.

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