Evidence (Amendment) Bill

Order for Second Reading read.

3.23 pm

The Senior Minister of State for Law (Ms Indranee Rajah) (for the Minister for Law): Mr Speaker, I beg to move, "That the Bill be now read a Second time.": Sir, as this Bill is closely related to the previous Bill on the Order Paper, the Criminal Justice Reform Bill and all the matters that were canvassed in the earlier debate relate to this Bill as well, I believe it may not be necessary for any substantive matters to be addressed here, unless Members also have additional questions or queries. And if not, I would beg to move.

Mr Speaker: As the debate on this Bill has already been undertaken during the Criminal Justice Reform Bill, are there any further clarifications that Members require? There are none.

Question put, and agreed to.

Bill accordingly read a Second time and committed to a Committee of the whole House.

The House immediately resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill. – [

Ms Indranee Rajah: ].

Bill considered in Committee; reported without amendment; read a Third time and passed.

Mr Speaker: Order. I propose to take a break now. I suspend the Sitting and will take the Chair at 3.45 pm.

Sitting accordingly suspended

at 3.26 pm until 3.45 pm.

Sitting resumed at 3.45 pm.

[Deputy Speaker (Mr Lim Biow Chuan) in the Chair]: