CIVIL DEFENCE BILL

"to provide for the raising, maintenance and discipline of a Civil Defence Force and for the exercise of the functions and powers of the Force during national emergencies and for purposes connected therewith; and to repeal the Civil Defence Act (Chapter 228 of the Revised Edition)", presented by the Minister for Home Affairs (Prof. S. Jayakumar); read the First time; to be read a Second time on the next available sitting of Parliament, and to be printed.