Commissioners for Oaths (Amendment) Rules 2006

No. S 258

Supreme Court of Judicature Act

(Chapter 322)

Commissioners for Oaths (Amendment) Rules 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 68(3) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, the Senate of the Singapore Academy of Law hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Commissioners for Oaths (Amendment) Rules 2006 and shall come into operation on 15th May 2006.

Amendment of rule 3

2. Rule 3 of the Commissioners for Oaths Rules (R 3) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following paragraphs:

“(4) Employees of such non-profit organisations as the Senate may designate shall be eligible for appointment by the Senate as commissioners for oaths.

(5) The Senate may at any time revoke the designation of a non-profit organisation referred to in paragraph (4).

(6) The Senate shall cause to be published from time to time in the Gazette a list of the designated non-profit organisations referred to in paragraph (4) or whose designations have been revoked under paragraph (5).”.

Amendment of rule 5

3. Rule 5 (2) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “any officer referred to in rule 3 (2)” in sub-paragraph (c) and substituting the words “an applicant who is a person referred to in rule 3 (2) or (4)”.

Amendment of rule 7

4. Rule 7 (3) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “rule 3 (2)”, the words “and employees referred to in rule 3 (4)”.

Amendment of rule 13

5. Rule 13 (1) of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the word “rank” in sub-paragraph (c), the words “or his employment is terminated”;

(b)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (c); and

(c)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (d) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(e)

in the case of an employee of a non-profit organisation designated under rule 3 (4), when —

(i)	his employment is terminated; or
(ii)	the Senate revokes the designation of the non-profit organisation under rule 3 (5).”.

Amendment of Schedule

6. Part I of the Schedule to the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph 2, the following paragraph:

“Fee payable for appointment of employee referred to in rule 3 (4) as commissioner for oaths

3. The fee payable per annum to the Academy for each appointment or reappointment of an employee referred to in rule 3 (4) as a commissioner for oaths shall be $100.”.

[G.N. No. S 439/98]

Made this 8th day of May 2006.

CHAN SEK KEONG

President,
Singapore Academy of Law.

[AG/LEG/SL/322/2005/3 Vol. 1]

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