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National Symbols Act 2022 PART 5 — REPEAL AND RELATED AMENDMENTS

s 16–s 19 · 4 sections

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Repeal of Singapore Arms and Flag and National Anthem Act 1959

s 16

16. The Singapore Arms and Flag and National Anthem Act 1959 is repealed.

Related amendment to Evidence Act 1893

s 17

17. Section 59(1) of the Evidence Act 1893 is amended by deleting paragraph (f) and substituting the following paragraph:“(f) the public seal, the seal of the President, the seals of all the courts in Singapore, the seals of notaries public, all seals that any person is authorised to use by any law in force for the time being in Singapore, and all seals of which English courts take judicial notice;”.

Related amendment to Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021

s 18

18. Section 117(1) of the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 is amended by deleting the words “National Emblems” in paragraph (b)(iv) and substituting the words “Foreign National Emblems”.

Related amendments to National Emblems (Control of Display) Act 1949

s 19

19. The National Emblems (Control of Display) Act 1949 is amended —(a) by deleting the words “national emblems” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “foreign national emblems”:Long title Section 3 (section heading); (b) by deleting the words “National Emblems” in section 1 and substituting the words “Foreign National Emblems”; (c) by deleting the definition of “national emblem” in section 2 and substituting the following definition:“ “foreign national emblem” means any flag, banner or other emblem being or purporting to be the flag, banner or other emblem of any state, or the flag, banner or other emblem of any political organisation claiming to be a national movement in any state or any likeness or resemblance however reproduced of any national leader or former national leader of any state or the leader or former leader of any such political organisation;”; and (d) by deleting the words “national emblem” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “foreign national emblem”:Section 3(1) Section 4(a) and (b) Section 5 Section 7 Section 8(1)(a) and (b).

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