Singapore Statutes Online - 20 - Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 2001

Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 2001
(No. 20 of 2001)

Enacting Formula

1 Short title and commencement

2 Amendment of section 2

3 New section 2A

4 Repeal and re-enactment of sections 3 and 4

5 Repeal of sections 7, 8 and 9 and re-enactment of section 7 and new section 8

6 Amendment of section 10

7 Amendment of section 12

8 Amendment of section 16

9 Amendment of section 17

10 Amendment of section 20

11 Amendment of section 22

12 Repeal and re-enactment of section 24

13 Amendment of section 25

14 Repeal and re-enactment of section 31

15 Repeal and re-enactment of section 33

16 Repeal and re-enactment of section 35

17 Amendment of section 42

18 Amendment of section 43

19 Amendment of section 44

20 New sections 44A and 44B

21 Repeal and re-enactment of section 45

22 Amendment of section 46

23 Repeal of section 47

24 Repeal and re-enactment of section 48

25 Amendment of section 49

26 New section 49A

27 Amendment of section 56

28 Amendment of section 57

29 Amendment of section 58

30 Amendment of section 60

31 Repeal and re-enactment of section 63

32 Repeal and re-enactment of section 66 and new heading

33 Amendment of section 67

34 Amendment of section 68

35 Amendment of section 69

36 Amendment of section 71

37 New section 71A

38 Amendment of section 73

39 Amendment of section 74

40 New section 75A

41 Amendment of section 77

42 Amendment of section 78

43 Amendment of section 80

44 Repeal of Part VIII

45 Repeal and re-enactment of sections 83 and 84 and new section 84A

46 Amendment of section 85

47 Amendment to Criminal Procedure Code

48 Consequential amendments to other written laws

49 Savings

THE SCHEDULE Consequential Amendments to Other Written Laws

Amendment of section 12

7. Section 12 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:

“(4) In this section, “legal guardian”, in relation to a child or young person, means a person lawfully appointed by deed or will or by the order of a competent court to be the guardian of that child or young person.”.