Persons who are already registered
Open ↗72.—(1) Every person who is registered under the provisions of the repealed Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174, 1985 Revised Edition) (called in this Part the repealed Act) immediately before 3 April 1998 is upon that date deemed to be a registered medical practitioner under the provisions of this Act.
(2) The Registrar is to —(a)
transfer to Part I of the Register of Medical Practitioners the names, addresses, qualifications and any other particulars of all medical practitioners registered pursuant to section 9(1)(a) of the repealed Act which appear, immediately before 3 April 1998, in the register kept under that Act;
(b)
transfer to Part II of the Register of Medical Practitioners the names, addresses, qualifications and any other particulars of all medical practitioners registered pursuant to section 9(1)(b) and (c) of the repealed Act which appear, immediately before 3 April 1998, in the register kept under that Act;
(c)
transfer to the Register of Provisionally Registered Medical Practitioners the names, addresses, qualifications and any other particulars of all persons provisionally registered pursuant to section 13 of the repealed Act which appear, immediately before 3 April 1998, in the Register of Provisional Medical Registration kept under that Act; and
(d)
transfer to the Register of Temporarily Registered Medical Practitioners the names, addresses, qualifications and any other particulars of persons registered for a limited period pursuant to section 9(3) of the repealed Act which appear, immediately before 3 April 1998, in the register kept under that Act.
(3) In transferring the names under subsection (2), the Registrar may omit the names of any person known to the Registrar to be deceased.
(4) [Deleted by Act 34 of 2020 wef 01/07/2022]
Pending disciplinary proceedings
Open ↗73.—(1) This Act does not apply to any inquiry, investigation or other proceedings of a disciplinary nature commenced before 3 April 1998 and the repealed Act continues to apply to that inquiry, investigation or proceedings as if this Act had not been enacted.
(2) Where on 3 April 1998 any matter is in the course of being investigated by the Preliminary Proceedings Committee, the Preliminary Proceedings Committee continues to exist to complete the investigation and may make such order, ruling or direction as it could have made under the powers conferred upon it by the repealed Act.
(3) Any order, ruling or direction made or given by the Medical Council pursuant to the repealed Act is treated as an order, a ruling or a direction under this Act and has the same force and effect as if it had been made or given by the Medical Council pursuant to the powers vested in the Medical Council under this Act.
(4) Nothing in this section is taken as prejudicing section 16 of the Interpretation Act 1965.
Term of office of member appointed or elected to take place of existing member
Open ↗74.—(1) Despite section 4(2), a person appointed or elected after 24 January 2003 as a member of the Medical Council to take the place of a member of the Medical Council who was appointed or elected before that date and whose term of office has expired, holds office for a term that is determined by the Minister by order in the Gazette.
(2) The Minister may determine a term of office that is at least 6 months and not more than 40 months.
Transitional provisions
Open ↗75.—(1) [Deleted by Act 34 of 2020 wef 01/07/2022]
(2) Despite sections 20, 21 and 23, the Minister may, subject to such conditions as the Minister may determine, by regulations exempt any person or person within a class of persons who, at any time on or before 24 January 2003, was engaged as a house officer, or in such other similar capacity as may be approved by the Medical Council, in a hospital or an institution approved by the Medical Council under section 25, from the requirement that the person must —(a)
in the case of section 20(1), hold a certificate of experience;
(b)
in the case of section 20(2), 21(1) or 23, comply with section 26; or
(c)
in the case of section 21(2), hold a certificate referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection,
before the person may be registered.
Source: Singapore Statutes Online (Attorney-General's Chambers), © Government of Singapore.
