Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
—(1) An authenticated copy of every piece of subsidiary
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- Singapore
- Provision
- 80
- Source language
- English
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- in force
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Official source80.—(1) An authenticated copy of every piece of subsidiary
legislation shall be sent to the Council by the appropriate Minister
within 14 days of the publication of such subsidiary legislation.
(2) The Council shall thereupon consider such subsidiary
legislation and shall, within 30 days of the date on which the
subsidiary legislation was sent to the Council, make a report to the
Speaker and to the appropriate Minister, stating whether or not in the
opinion of the Council any and, if so, which provision of the
subsidiary legislation is a differentiating measure.
(3) The Speaker shall cause every report of the Council on every
piece of subsidiary legislation to be presented to Parliament on the
next sitting day after receiving the Council’s report.
(4) Where an adverse report in respect of any provision of any
subsidiary legislation is presented to Parliament in pursuance of
clause (3), then, within 6 months after the presentation of that report,
unless either —
(a) the provision has been revoked or amended by the
appropriate Minister; or
(b) Parliament has passed a resolution confirming that
provision,
the appropriate Minister shall revoke such provision and cause a
notice of revocation to be published in the Gazette.
(5) If no report on any subsidiary legislation is received from the
Council within the time provided in clause (2), it shall be
conclusively presumed that the Council is of the opinion that no
provision in such subsidiary legislation is a differentiating measure.
Functions of Council in regard to certain written law
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