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Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 5/1978

Read the first time on 31st January 1978.

An Act to amend the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Chapter 15 of the 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 Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act, 1978, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 15

2. Subsection (1) of section 15 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” appearing at the end of paragraph (c) thereof;

(b)

by deleting the full-stop appearing at the end of paragraph (d) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “; and”; and

(c)

by inserting immediately thereafter the following new paragraph: —

“(e)	by any person within or outside Singapore where the offence is punishable under and by virtue of the provisions of the Hijacking and Protection of Aircraft Act, 1978.”.