Electronic Gazette and Legislation Act 2024 assented to on 3 Feb 2025

The Electronic Gazette and Legislation Act 2024 was assented to by the President on 3 Feb 2025. This new Act will provide that the electronic versions of the following are authoritative—

(a)       the Gazette published on the prescribed website (“eGazette”);

(b)       the revised editions of legislation.

As provided in the Explanatory Statement to the Bill, the re-enacted section 48 of the Interpretation Act 1965 will require judicial notice to be taken of the Gazette published electronically on the prescribed website, in print, and in any other prescribed form. The Gazette published in each of these forms will be prima facie evidence of its contents. If there is any inconsistency, the eGazette will prevail over other versions of the Gazette published on or after the commencement date. A new section 17A of the Revised Edition of the Laws Act 1983 will provide that if there is any inconsistency, the electronic versions of revised editions of legislation published on or after the commencement date will prevail over the print versions. Both versions will still be prima facie evidence of the proper law of Singapore.

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