1st Reading
Ministry of Home Affairs Scams (Countermeasures) and Other Matters Bill
Ministry of Home Affairs Reading Status 1st Reading
1st Reading Tue, 4 August 2026
Introduction — no debate
Transcripts
First Reading (4 August 2026)
"to amend the Protection from Scams Act 2025 and the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906 to counter and prevent scams, to amend the Online Criminal Harms Act 2023 and the Police Force Act 2004 to enhance enforcement measures and to make related and consequential amendments to the Banking Act 1970",
presented by the Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs (Mr Goh Pei Ming) on behalf of the Senior Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs; read the First time; to be read a Second time on the next available Sitting of Parliament, and to be printed.
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