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On 22/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 22/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 22/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 26/08/1988.
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Constitution of Senate
5.
—(1)  The management of the affairs of the Academy and of its properties shall be vested in a Senate which shall consist of —
(a)
the Chief Justice;
(b)
judges of the Supreme Court and persons who have held the office of a judge of the Supreme Court since 1st January 1980 for not less than two years;
(c)
the Attorney-General and persons who have held office as Attorney-General since 1st January 1980 for not less than two years;
(d)
the President of the Law Society;
(e)
the Dean of the Faculty and persons who have held office as Dean of the Faculty since 1st January 1980 for not less than one term; and
(f)
nine other members who are nominated by the Chief Justice after consultation with the Attorney-General, the President of the Law Society and the Dean of the Faculty.
(2)  No person may be nominated as a member of the Senate pursuant to subsection (1)(f) unless he is a member of the Academy and a citizen of Singapore.
(3)  Any person nominated as a member of the Senate pursuant to subsection (1)(f) shall hold office for a term of two years and shall be eligible for reappointment on the expiration of his term of office.
(4)  No person who has been removed from the office of judge of the Supreme Court pursuant to a recommendation of a tribunal appointed under Article 98(4) of the Constitution shall hold office as a member of the Senate, and shall vacate office as such a member if he is so removed from the office of judge of the Supreme Court.