Government Proceedings (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 36/1996

Read the first time on 2nd December 1996.

An Act to amend the Government Proceedings Act (Chapter 121 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 Government Proceedings (Amendment) Act 1996 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 14

2. Section 14 of the Government Proceedings Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)

at the time when the thing is suffered by that other person, he is —

(i)

on duty as a member of the forces; or

(ii)

though not on duty as a member of the forces —

(A)	on any land, premises, ship, aircraft or vehicle for the time being used for the purposes of the forces; or
(B)	on any journey necessary to enable him to report for duty as such or to return home after such duty; and”; and

(b)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a) of subsection (3), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(aa)

that a person was or was not on any particular occasion either on any journey necessary to enable him to report for duty as such or to return home after such duty; or”.

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