SCIENCE COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE (AMENDMENT) BILL

Parliament of Singapore · 23 March 1972 · 2nd Parliament

Official Report, 23 March 1972, Vol 31, Issue 15 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Toh Chin Chye

Order for Second Reading read.

4.15 p.m.

The Minister for Science and Technology (Dr Toh Chin Chye): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."

This Bill seeks to bring the financial year of the Science Council in line with that of the Government, which is, 1st April to 31st March. The amendment proposed in clause 2 (b) of the Bill is consequential, and it requires that a report from the Science Council is submitted before the end of June.

Question put, and agreed to.

Bill accordingly read a Second time and committed to a Committee of the whole House.

The House immediately resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill.-[Dr Toh Chin Chye]

Bill considered in Committee: reported without amendment: read a Third time and passed.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 23 March 1972. Republished on SGParliament.