MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR (Assents to Bills passed)

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

Mr Speaker: I have received a message from His Excellency the Governor dated the 6th February, 1959, informing me that, in accordance with the provisions of Section 62 (2) of the Singapore Colony Orders in Council, 1955 and 1956, His Excellency had that day assented to the following Bills : -

(i) Pioneer Industries (Relief from Income Tax) Bill;

(ii) Industrial Expansion (Relief from Income Tax) Bill;

(iii) Customs (Amendment) Bill;

(iv) Registration of United Kingdom Patents (Amendment) Bill;

(vii) War Damage (Amendment) Bill;

(viii) Services' Lands Board Bill;

(ix) Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill;

(v) Nursing Homes and Maternity Homes Registration Bill;

(x) People's Investment Corporation Bill;

(xi) Housing and Development Bill;

(xi) Planning Bill;

(xii) Local Government Elections (Amendment) Bill;

(xiv) Control of Manufacture Bill.