Singapore Colony (Electoral Provisions) Order in Council, 1958
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1958/1521 |
| Year | 1958 |
1958 No. 1521
The Singapore Colony (Electoral Provisions) Order in Council, 195811thSeptember 1958
17thSeptember 1958
18thSeptember 1958
At the Court at Balmoral, the 11th day of September, 1958
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas by the Singapore Colony Orders in Council, 1955 and 1956(a), provision is made for a Legislative Assembly in and for the Colony of Singapore (in this Order referred to as "Singapore") consisting of a Speaker, three ex officio Members, twenty-five Elected Members and four Nominated Members:
And Whereas it is proposed that there shall in due course be established a new Constitution making provision, among other things, for a Legislative Assembly containing fifty-one elected Members:
And Whereas it is expedient that, if provision is so made, the Legislative Assembly so provided for should be constituted and summoned as soon as practicable after the day appointed for the said Constitution to come into operation (in this Order referred to as "the appointed day"); that elections for the said fifty-one Members should therefore be held before that day; and that, for this purpose, provision should be made regulating the said elections and providing for the qualification and disqualification of persons for election to the Assembly first to be summoned under the said Constitution (in this Order referred to as "the first Assembly"):
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in that behalf by the British Settlements Acts, 1887(b), and 1945(c), and the Straits Settlements (Repeal) Act, 1946(d), or otherwise in Her vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
Interpretation
1.—(1) In this Order—
"citizen of Singapore" means any person who, under any law for the time being in force in Singapore, has the status of a citizen of Singapore;
"the Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court for the time being constituted in and for Singapore.
(a) S.I. 1955/187, 1956/233 (1955 II, p. 2438; 1956 II, p. 2226).
(b) 50 & 51 Vict. c. 54.
(c) 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 7.
(d) 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 37.
(2) Save where this Order otherwise provides or where the context otherwise requires, this Order shall be construed as one with the Singapore Colony Orders in Council, 1955 and 1956.
(3) References in this Order to any Ordinance include references to any law from time to time adapting, modifying, amending or replacing it.
Citation and commencement
2. This Order may be cited as the Singapore Colony (Electoral Provisions) Order in Council, 1958, and shall come into operation on the 18th day...
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