—(1) The Attorney‑General may, with the authority of the

155.—(1) The Attorney‑General may, with the authority of the President, as soon as may be after 4 May 1979 cause to be printed and published a consolidated reprint of the Constitution of Singapore, as amended from time to time, amalgamated with such of the provisions of the Constitution of Malaysia as are applicable to Singapore, into a single, composite document. (2) The President may, from time to time, authorise the Attorney‑General to cause to be printed and published an up‑to‑date reprint of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, incorporating therein all amendments in force at the date of such authorisation. (3) Any reprint of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, printed and published under clause (1) or (2), shall be deemed to be and shall be, without any question whatsoever in all courts of justice and for all purposes whatsoever, the authentic text of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore in force as from the date specified in that reprint until superseded by the next or subsequent reprint. (4) In the preparation and compilation of any reprint under clause (1) or (2), the Attorney‑General shall have, with the necessary modifications, the powers conferred upon the Law Revision Commissioners by section 4 of the Revised Edition of the Laws Act 1983. (5) In the preparation and compilation of the consolidated reprint under clause (1), the Attorney‑General shall have the power in his discretion — (a) to merge the existing provisions of both Constitutions, making thereto such modifications as may be necessary or expedient in consequence of the independence of Singapore upon separation from Malaysia; (b) to re-arrange the Parts, Articles and provisions of the Constitution of Singapore and of the Constitution of Malaysia in such connected sequence as he thinks fit, omitting inappropriate or inapplicable provisions, in the latter Constitution; (c) where provisions exist in both Constitutions on the same subject‑matter, to include in the consolidated reprint the provisions of the Constitution of Singapore on such subject-matter and to omit the duplicated provisions appearing in the Constitution of Malaysia from the consolidated reprint; and (d) generally, to do all other things necessitated by, or consequential upon, the exercise of the powers conferred upon the Attorney‑General by this Article or which may be necessary or expedient for the perfecting of the consolidated reprint of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore. Institution of marriage