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REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

Published by Authority



NO. 23]
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
[2022


First published in the Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 30 August 2022 at 5 pm.

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 1 August 2022 and assented to by the President on 19 August 2022:—

PUBLIC DEFENDERS ACT 2022

(No. 23 of 2022)

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1
PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Short title and commencement
2. General interpretation
PART 2
APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF PUBLIC DEFENDER, SOLICITORS, ETC.
3. Appointment of Chief Public Defender, etc.
4. Panels of solicitors
5. Exclusion or removal of solicitor