CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS NO. 2) BILL

Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 5 November 1956 · 1st Legislative Assembly

Official Report, 5 November 1956, Vol 2, Issue 7 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Tan Theng Chiang

The Assistant Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing (Mr Tan Theng Chiang): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to present a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to dispense with the ordinary elections to the City Council in December, 1956, and to provide for the extension of the tenure of office of City Councillors then required to retire".

I should like to inform the House that, although a Certificate of Urgency was requested from His Excellency the Governor, it is not proposed to take this Bill through all its stages today, as there are further sittings of the Assembly this month which will give Members more time and opportunity to consider it.

Bill read the First time.

Mr Speaker: Second Reading, what day?

Mr Tan Theng Chiang: 20th November, Sir.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 5 November 1956. Republished on SGParliament.