RESIGNATION OF SPEAKER
Parliament of Singapore · 27 January 1970 · 2nd Parliament
Official Report, 27 January 1970, Vol 29, Issue 7 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)
The Clerk: I have to inform Honourable Members that I had on the 19th day of January, 1970, at 8.40 am., received a letter under the hand of Mr Punchardsheram Coomaraswamy resigning his office as Speaker of this Parliament.
The office of Speaker is therefore vacant and under clause (1) of Article 24 of the Constitution, Honourable Members shall elect a person to fill that office.
Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 27 January 1970. Republished on SGParliament.