LAND BAILIFFS - CLASSFICATIONS AND DUTIES

Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 17 July 1957 · 1st Legislative Assembly

Official Report, 17 July 1957, Vol 3, Issue 13 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Goh Tong LiangW. A. C. Goode
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Mr Goh Tong Liang asked the Chief Secretary-

(a) whether Government Land Bailiffs have been classified as clerks; and

(b) what are the duties of a Land Bailiff.

Mr Goode: The answer to (a) is yes, Sir. The answer to (b) is: the main responsibility of a Land Bailiff is the supervision of Crown land in the fields.

Mr Goh Tong Liang: Mr Speaker, Sir, does a clerk do the work that has just been described?

Mr Speaker: It is a matter for argument.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 17 July 1957. Republished on SGParliament.