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Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 37/1998

Read the first time on 4th September 1998.

An Act to amend the Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act (Chapter 217 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 Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) (Amendment) Act 1998 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 21

2. Section 21 of the Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:

“(2) If, on the report of the select committee to which a matter has been referred under subsection (1)(b), Parliament is satisfied that any person is guilty of any offence mentioned in section 20, Parliament may inflict upon such person all or any of the punishments provided in section 20 and also in the case of a Member expel him.”.

Amendment of section 23

3. Section 23(2) of the Parliament (Privileges, Immunities and Powers) Act is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “sue for and”; and
(b)	by deleting the word “debt” and substituting the words “judgment debt”.