Public Order (Exempt Assemblies and Processions) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2016

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 Oct 2016

No. S 558

Public Order Act

(CHAPTER 257A)

Public Order (Exempt Assemblies and
Processions) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 46 of the Public Order Act, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Public Order (Exempt Assemblies and Processions) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2016 and comes into operation on 1 November 2016.

Amendment of First Schedule

2. Item 4 of the First Schedule to the Public Order (Exempt Assemblies and Processions) Order 2009 (G.N. No. S 489/2009) is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(a)	every organiser of which is a citizen of Singapore or a Singapore entity;
(b)	every individual giving a speech or lecture during the assembly (whether in person, through real-time transmission or a recording) is a citizen of Singapore;”; and

(b)

by renumbering the item as sub‑paragraph (1) of that item, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(2) In this item, unless the context otherwise requires —

“company” means a company incorporated in Singapore under the Companies Act (Cap. 50);

“real‑time transmission”, in relation to the delivery of a speech or lecture at an assembly, means the simultaneous audio or visual transmission, through the Internet or other form of communication network, to the place of that assembly, of the speech or lecture being delivered at another place, including any reasonable period of delay, due to any technical or other reason, between the delivery of the speech or lecture and the audio or visual transmission of such delivery;

“recording” means any disc, magnetic tape or solid state recording device containing information by the use of which sound (whether or not accompanied by images) may be produced electronically;

“Singapore entity” means a Singapore‑controlled corporation, a Singapore‑controlled partnership or a Singapore‑controlled unincorporated association;

“Singapore‑controlled corporation” means a body corporate incorporated under any written law in Singapore —

(a)	with a management body (whether called an executive or board of directors or otherwise), the majority of whose members (whether called directors, partners or otherwise) are citizens of Singapore; and
(b)	with a majority of members who are citizens of Singapore or one or more Singapore entities or, in the case of a company having a share capital, the majority of whose shares are held by citizens of Singapore or one or more Singapore entities;

“Singapore‑controlled partnership” means —

(a)

a partnership registered under the Business Names Registration Act 2014 (Act 29 of 2014) in Singapore, the majority of whose partners are citizens of Singapore or one or more Singapore entities; or

(b)

a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act (Cap. 163B) in Singapore —

(i)	the majority of whose general partners as defined in that Act are citizens of Singapore or one or more Singapore entities; and
(ii)	the majority of whose limited partners as defined in that Act are citizens of Singapore or one or more Singapore entities;

“Singapore‑controlled unincorporated association” means an unincorporated association formed in Singapore under any written law —

(a)	with a management body (whether called a committee or council or otherwise), the majority of whose officers are citizens of Singapore; and
(b)	the majority of whose members are citizens of Singapore or one or more Singapore entities.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 135/2011; S 261/2014; S 474/2015; S 118/2016; S 376/2016]

Made on 31 October 2016.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/0108; AG/LEGIS/SL/257A/2015/4 Vol. 2]

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