Singapore legislation

Section 47

of Hazardous Waste (Control of Export, Import and Transit) Act 1997

Section 47

Convention countries

(1)

Where the Minister, by order in the Gazette, declares that any country specified in the order is a party to the Basel Convention, the order, while in force, is evidence of that fact.

(2)

For the purposes of this Act, a certificate signed by the Minister, stating that a country specified in the certificate (but not specified in any order made under subsection (1) which is in force) is, or was at a time specified in the certificate, a Convention country, is, upon mere production, prima facie evidence of that fact.