No. S 14
Town Councils Act
(Chapter 329A)
Town Councils (Declaration of Towns) Order 1997
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Town Councils Act, the Minister for National Development hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order may be cited as the Town Councils (Declaration of Towns) Order 1997 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 13th January 1997.
Towns
2.—(1)  The area comprising the constituency or constituencies set out in the first column of the First Schedule are declared to be a Town to be known by the name set out opposite thereto in the second column of the First Schedule.
(2)  In this Order, “ constituency” means an electoral division specified in the Parliamentary Elections (Names and Polling Districts of Electoral Divisions) Notification 1996 (G.N. No. S 493 /96).
Amendment of Schedule
3.  The Town Councils (Declaration of Towns) (Consolidation) Order (O 1) is amended by deleting all items in the Schedule except items 7 and 17.
[G.N. Nos. S 109 /92; S 456 /93; S 376 /95]
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Incidental and consequential provisions
4.—(1)  The incidental and consequential provisions contained in the Second Schedule shall have effect in respect of the Town Councils specified therein.
(2)  For the purposes of the Second Schedule, “ appointed day” means 1st April 1997.

Made this 15th day of January 1997.

LAM CHUAN LEONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of National Development,
Singapore.
[ND 311 /4-146 Pt. 85 Vol. 6; AG /LEG /SL /329A /97 /1 ]