ASSEMBLY HOUSE PRECINCTS (Maintenance of Order)

Legislative Assembly of Singapore · 16 July 1959 · 2nd Legislative Assembly

Official Report, 16 July 1959, Vol 11, Issue 3 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

The Deputy Prime Minister (Dr Toh Chin Chye): Mr Deputy Speaker, I beg to move,

That this Assembly orders that the Commissioner of Police do take care that during the present session of this House the passages through the streets leading to this House be kept free and open, and that no obstruction be permitted to hinder the passage of Members to and from this House, and that no disorder be allowed in the passages leading to this House, and that there be no annoyance therein and thereabouts; and that the Clerk of this Assembly do communicate this order to the Commissioner aforesaid.

Mr Lee Khoon Choy: I rise to second the motion.

Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That this Assembly orders that the Commissioner of Police do take care that during the present session of this House the passages through the streets leading to this House be kept free and open, and that no obstruction be permitted to hinder the passage of Members to and from this House, and that no disorder be allowed in the passages leading to this House, and that there be no annoyance therein and thereabouts; and that the Clerk of this Assembly do communicate this order to the Commissioner aforesaid.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 16 July 1959. Republished on SGParliament.