CRIMINAL LAW (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL

Order for Third Reading read.

3.03 p.m.

The Minister for Law and the Environment (Mr E. W. Barker): Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move. "That the Bill be now read a Third time."

This Bill was committed to a Select Committee on the 19th August last year. The Committee received two written representations and heard oral evidence from the representative of the Law Society of Singapore. The Committee's Report was published and presented to Parliament on 24th June, 1976, as Paper ParI. 6 of 1976.

Sir, one of the written representations pointed out certain inconsistencies in clause 2 of the Bill and the Select Committee has made amendments to the clause. The proviso to subsection (1) of section 14 of the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act proposed by clause 2 Of the original Bill has been deleted, as Government does riot desire to extend the powers conferred by subsection (1) of this section to police officers below the rank of sergeant.

Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move.

Question put, and agreed to.

Bill accordingly read a Third time and passed.