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 | 
					
						18 December 1997 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
					| 
						S. 1(aa) ins. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 31(a) | 
					
			
					| 
						S. 4(1) am. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 31(b) | 
					
			
					| 
						S. 5(1)(a) am. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 31(c)(i) | 
					
			
					| 
						S. 5(2A) ins. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 31(c)(ii) | 
					
			
					| 
						S. 6(1A) ins. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 31(d) | 
					
			
					| 
						S. 7(1) am. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 31(e)(i) | 
					
			
					| 
						S. 7(1A) ins. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 31(e)(ii) | 
					
			
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						S. 7(2) am. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 31(e)(iii) | 
					
			
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						S. 11 substit. | 
					18/2014, ss. 1(2), 30 | 
					
			
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						S. 11(c) amended | 
					48/2024, ss. 1(2), 54 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act |