Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
					| 
						Whole Act  | 
					
						31 March 1953 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
					| 
						Am. | 
					25/1959, ss. 1 (3), 3 | 
					
			
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						Trans. of functns. under. | 
					S. I. No. 288 of 1981 | 
					
			
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						  | 
					S. I. No. 383 of 1983, | 
					
			
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						Ss. 2 (in pt.), 5, 6 (1) rep. | 
					25/1959, s.5 | 
					
			
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						S.4 (1) rep. | 
					3/1998, s.125, sch. 8 | 
					
			
					| 
						S.4 (2), rep. with conds. | 
					2/1999, s.197, sch. 6, col. 3 | 
					
			
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						S.6 (2) am. | 
					25/1959, s.4 (1) | 
					
			
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						  | 
					22/1969, s.1 | 
					
			
					| 
						S.9 am. | 
					25/1959, s.4 (2) | 
					
			
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						Ss. 13, 14 rep. | 
					25/1959, s.5 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						None | 
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