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. 
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                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Whole Act | 
					
						15 July 1968 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Transfer of functions  | 
					S.I. No. 451/2020 arts. 1(2), 2, 3, schedule 1 | 
					
			
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						Rep. with trans. provs. | 
					4/2011, ss. 1(2), 6 & sch. 1 | 
					
			
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						S. 1 am. | 
					19/1992, s.2 | 
					
			
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						S. 1 am. retro. | 
					26/1978, s.1 | 
					
			
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						S. 1 trans. of functns. under | 
					S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 | 
					
			
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						S. 2 appl. | 
					19/1992, s.5 (2) | 
					
			
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						S. 2, subsec. ins. | 
					19/1992, ss. 3, 5 (1) | 
					
			
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						S. 2 trans. of functns. under | 
					S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 | 
					
			
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						S. 2(1)(a) am. | 
					19/1992, s.4 | 
					
			
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						S. 2(1)(a) appl. | 
					19/1992, s.5 (2) | 
					
			
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						S. 2(1A)(a)(iii) am. | 
					24/2010, ss. 1(2), 170, schedule, pt. 5, item 4 | 
					
			
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						S. 3 reference construed | 
					S.I. No. 293 of 1974, art. 3, schedule 1, par. 12 | 
					
			
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						S. 3 am., transit period. | 
					S. I. No. 293 of 1974, art. 3, sch. 1, par. 12 | 
					
			
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						S. 5 appl. | 
					19/1992, s.5 (2) | 
					
			
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						S. 5 confirmation of schemes of grants | 
					4/2011, ss. 1(2), 29 | 
					
			
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						S. 9, s. after | 
					19/1992, s.6 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						None | 
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