Destitute Persons Bill

  Table of Contents

  Long Title

  Enacting Formula

1 Short title and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Power to require a destitute person to reside in a welfare home

4 Voluntary admission into a welfare home

5 Minister may establish welfare homes

6 Board of Visitors

7 Rules for management of welfare homes

8 Discharge from welfare homes

9 Superintendent to endeavour to find employment

10 Persons in a welfare home may be required to work

11 Persons in a welfare home may be sent to hospital

12 Director may transfer persons in welfare homes

13 Penalty for escape from lawful custody or welfare home

14 Arrest of escaped destitute person

15 Agreement to leave Singapore

16 Breach of agreement

17 Repatriation of non-Singapore citizens

18 Discharge

19 Amendment of the Vagrancy Ordinance

20 Transitional provisions

  Explanatory Statement

  Expenditure of Public Money

  Table of Derivations