Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill
Ministry of EducationBill Summary
Purpose: To amend the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 and make consequential and related amendments to other Acts, in association with the changes proposed in the Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill.
Responses: Minister Chan Chun Sing stated that the Bill is associated with the Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill and noted that the justifications for the amendments were provided during the earlier debate on that Bill.
Members Involved
Transcripts
First Reading (6 February 2023)
"to amend the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 and to make consequential and related amendments to certain other Acts",
presented by the Minister for Education (Mr Chan Chun Sing) read the First time; to be read a Second time after the conclusion of proceedings on the Estimates of Expenditure for FY2023/2024, and to be printed.
Second Reading (6 March 2023)
Mr Speaker: Minister Chan Chun Sing.
6.11 pm
The Minister for Education (Mr Chan Chun Sing): Mr Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Prime Minister, I beg to move, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
The Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill is associated with the previous Bill on the Order Paper, the Presidential Elections (Amendment) Bill.
In the Second Reading speech for that Bill and the debate we just had, I have explained the main amendments proposed in both Bills. Although Members have already raised their questions and expressed their views on both Bills during the earlier debate, I welcome Members to raise any additional questions they may have on the Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill. Mr Speaker, Sir, I beg to move.
Question put, and agreed to.
Bill accordingly read a Second time and committed to a Committee of the whole House.
The House immediately resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill. – [Mr Chan Chun Sing].
Bill considered in Committee; reported without amendment; read a Third time and passed.