Committee
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)
Mr Speaker: Committee stage, what day?
Mr Goode: Now, Sir. Sir, I move,
That the Assembly do resolve itself into Committee on the Bill.
Mr J. M. Jumabhoy: Sir, I second it.
Question put, and agreed to.
Bill considered in Committee.
[Mr Speaker in the Chair]
Clause 1 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 2-
The Chairman: Mr Chief Secretary, in page 1, line 13, you have a proviso reading:
"Provided where ...".
But in page 2, line 7, the proviso there reads:
"Provided that where ...".
Would you like to make a correction?
Mr Goode: Sir, I would like to move an amendment,
In page 1, line 13, after the word "Provided", to insert "that".
Amendment handed in.
Sir, the purpose of this amendment, as you have kindly pointed out, is to achieve consistency with the phrase "Provided that..." appearing in clause 2 (ii) on the next page.
Question, "That the word proposed to be inserted, be there inserted," put, and agreed to.
Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Mr Goode: Sir, I have to move, "That the Bill, as amended, be reported to the Assembly."
Question put, and agreed to.
Bill reported, with an Amendment.
Third Reading
Mr Speaker: Third Reading, what day?
Mr Goode: Now, Sir. Sir, I move, "That the Bill, as amended, be now read the Third time."
Mr J. M. Jumabhoy: Sir, I second it.
Question put, and agreed to.
Bill, as amended, accordingly read the Third time.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 5 December 1956. Republished on SGParliament.