Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Employment of Foreign Manpower (Amendment) Bill

Clause 11

Repeal and re-enactment of section 15

Section 15 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:“Burden of proof, etc.15.—

(1)

For the purposes of section 7, and any proceedings in respect of any prescribed infringement or any offence under this Act —

(a)

a person who makes an application for a work pass shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have knowledge of the information provided in the application; and

(b)

subject to subsection (2), the burden of proving the truth of the contents of an application for a work pass shall be on the person who makes the application.(2) Where any application for a work pass is made by more than one person, then for the purposes specified in subsection (1), each applicant shall bear the burden of proving the truth of the contents of the application that relate to him.”.

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