Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
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- Singapore
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Official source68. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —
“adverse report” means a report of the Council stating that, in the
opinion of the Council, some specified provision of a Bill or
of a subsidiary legislation would be a differentiating
measure;
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council;
“Council” means the Presidential Council for Minority Rights
established under Article 69;
“differentiating measure” means any measure which is, or is
likely in its practical application to be, disadvantageous to
persons of any racial or religious community and not equally
disadvantageous to persons of other such communities, either
directly by prejudicing persons of that community or
indirectly by giving advantage to persons of another
community;
“member” means a member of the Council and includes the
Chairman;
“Money Bill” means a Bill which contains only provisions
dealing with all or any of the following matters:
(a) the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration or
regulation of taxation;
(b) the imposition, for the payment of debt or other
financial purposes, of charges on the Consolidated
Fund or any other public funds, or the variation or
repeal of any such charges;
(c) the grant of money to the Government or to any
authority or person, or the variation or revocation of
any such grant;
(d) the appropriation, receipt, custody, investment, issue
or audit of accounts of public money;
(e) the raising or guarantee of any loan or the repayment
thereof, or the establishment, alteration,
administration or abolition of any sinking fund
provided in connection with any such loan;
(f) subordinate matters which are ancillary or incidental
to any of the foregoing matters;
“sitting day” means any date on which Parliament meets.
Establishment of Presidential Council for Minority Rights
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Constitution of the Republic of Singapore · sso.agc.gov.sg · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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