Legislative size (voting members)

Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act of 1990, No. 11 of 1990

New Fourth Schedule
Appointment of Nominated Members of Parliament

1.2 Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the President shall, within 6 months after Parliament has so resolved under subsection (1), appoint as nominated Members of Parliament the persons nominated by a Special Select Committee of Parliament.

3.2 The persons to be nominated shall be persons who have rendered distinguished public service, or who have brought honour to the Republic, or who have distinguished themselves in the field of arts and letters, culture, the sciences, business, industry, the professions, social or community service or the labour movement; and in making any nomination, the Special Select Committee shall have regard to the need for nominated Members to reflect as wide a range of independent and non-partisan views as possible.

8^th Parliament of Singapore

While the NCMP scheme was introduced in 1984, the ‘Nominated Member of Parliament’ (NMP) scheme was introduced in 1990, which allows individuals not affiliated to any political party and not representing any constituency to be appointed into Parliament. Like the opposition members under the NCMP scheme, they can vote on all issues but:

• Amendments to the Constitution
• Any motion pertaining to a bill to amend a supply bill, supplementary supply bill or final supply bill
• Any motion pertaining to a Bill to amend a money bill.
• A motion of no confidence in the Government removal of the President from office