RETIREMENT FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE (COMPENSATION) BILL

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

Official Report, 5 December 1956, Vol 2, Issue 15 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Lim Yew Hock

The Chief Minister (Mr Lim Yew Hock): Mr Speaker, Sir, I lay upon the Table a Certificate of Urgency signed by His Excellency the Governor in respect of the Retirement from the Public Service (Compensation) Bill.

Certificate of Urgency handed in.

Mr Speaker: The Certificate is in order. Please proceed.

First Reading

The Chief Minister: Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the First Reading of a Bill instituted "An Ordinance to make provision for the retirement of certain officers from the Public Service of the Colony and for the grant of compensation, pensions, gratuities and other like allowances to such officers".

Bill read the First time.

Mr Speaker: Second Reading, what day?

The Chief Minister: Mr Speaker, Sir, owing to the importance of the subject, I propose to carry the Bill through all its stages tomorrow in order to allow hon. Members an extra day to consider the Bill.

Mr Speaker: Are typed copies of the Bill available for Members?

The Chief Minister: Yes, Sir, I have handed them already to the Clerk.

Typed copies of the Bill distributed to hon. Members.

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