Singapore legislation
Clause 165
Clause 165
Rules
(1)
Subject to the provisions of section 127 of this Ordinance the Minister may make rules generally for carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance and without prejudice to such general powers may make rules providing for —
the forms to be used for the purposes of this Ordinance;
the practice and procedure for the keeping of registers of marriages and certificates of marriage;
the supply and custody of registers and certificates;
the preparation and submission of returns under this Ordinance;
the making of searches and the giving of certified copies;
the care, detention, discipline, discharge and aftercare, temporary absence, maintenance, and education of women and girls detained under Part X of this Ordinance;
the manner and conditions in and under which the powers conferred by Part X of this Ordinance shall be exercised by the persons on whom such powers are conferred;
the composition, duties, functions and procedure of Boards of Visitors and Discharge Committees;
the administration of the Po Leung Kuk Fund;
the procedure for appeals to the Minister; and
matters required to be prescribed under this Ordinance.
(2)
All rules made under this Ordinance shall be published in the Gazette and shall be presented to the Legislative Assembly as soon as may be after publication and if a resolution is passed pursuant to a motion notice whereof has been given for a sitting day not later than the first available sitting day of the Assembly next after the expiry of one month from the date when such rules are so presented annulling the rules or any part thereof as from a specified date, such rules or such part thereof, as the case may be, shall thereupon become void as from such date but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder or to the making of new rules.
(3)
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any rules Made under this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to both such imprisonment and fine.