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2. For section 7 there shall be substituted—

" 7. Any power of the Federal Government to extend, for purposes of Part III of this Constitution, the period for registering a birth at a consulate of the Federation may be exercised either before or after the registration has been effected".

3. (1) In section 10, in sub-section (1), before the words " Article 30 " there shall be inserted the words " Clause (1) of ", and for paragraph (e) there shall be substituted—

" (e) a register of persons enrolled under Article 19A as citizens who are not Singapore citizens ;

(f) an alphabetical index of all persons referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e)."

(2) In section 10, for sub-section (2), there shall be substituted—

" (2) References in this section to citizens by registration or by naturalisation shall be construed in accordance with Articles 28 and 28A as if this section were included among the provisions to which those Articles apply, except that 'citizen by registration' does not include any Singapore citizen."

4. In section 16 (which makes it an offence among other things to forge or misuse a certificate) for sub-section (2) there shall be substituted—

" (2) In this section ' certificate ' means any certificate of the following descriptions issued under Part III of this Constitution or under the Constitution of the State of Singapore or any previous law relating to citizenship of Singapore, that is to say,—

(a) any certificate of registration or of naturalisation as a citizen ; and

(b) any certificate of a registration effected at a consulate of the Federation or elsewhere outside the Federation ; and

(c) any such certificate as is mentioned in Article 30."

5. For section 17 there shall be substituted—

" 17. For purposes of Part III of this Constitution references to a person's father or to his parent, or to one of his parents, are in relation to a person who is illegitimate to be construed as references to his mother, and accordingly section 19 of this Schedule shall not apply to such a person."

6. In section 18 before the words " Article 15 " there shall be inserted the words " Clause (3) of ", and for the words " that Article and this Schedule" there shall be substituted the words "that Clause and section 9 of this Part of this Schedule ".

7. At the end of section 19 there shall be added—

"This section shall have effect in relation to Malaysia Day as it has effect in relation to Merdeka Day."

8. At the end of section 20 there shall be added—

" (4) This section shall apply in relation to any part of the Federation and the territories comprised in that part before Malaysia Day as it applies in relation to the Federation as a whole, and the reference in sub-section (1) (d) to the service of a State shall include, in relation to those territories, the service of any government having jurisdiction therein before Malaysia Day ; and in relation to Malaysia Day or any later day sub-section (3) shall apply as if the territories comprised in the Borneo States or Singapore had at all times formed part of the Federation."

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