Singapore legislation

Clause 47

of Maintenance of Racial Harmony Bill

Clause 47

Regulations

(1)

The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

(2)

Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular —

(a)

provide for the publication of any notice, order or the cancellation, revocation, variation, extension or confirmation thereof, or any recommendation of the Council, or any other document made under this Act;

(b)

prescribe the procedures for and manner of making representations to the Minister or the Council;

(c)

prescribe the procedure to be followed by the Council on receiving representations about restraining orders and when making recommendations to the President;

(d)

provide for designated entities to make and keep records of the foreign donations and anonymous donations that they receive and accept, and further provide for the production, examination, auditing and copying of those records;

(e)

provide for designated entities to make and keep records of their governing bodies, responsible officers and foreign affiliations, and further provide for the production, examination and copying of those records;

(f)

prescribe offences for the purposes of this Act and prescribe the punishment for those offences, which (except for offences prescribed pursuant to section 22) must not exceed a fine of $5,000 or imprisonment for a term of 12 months or both;

(g)

prescribe the methods by which a document may be served, given or sent for the purposes of this Act (other than for the purposes of court proceedings), and the circumstances in which a document is deemed to have been served, given or sent by those methods;

(h)

prescribe the offences under this Act that may be compounded;

(i)

prescribe any matter that must or may be prescribed under this Act; or

(j)

prescribe matters of a saving or transitional nature consequent on amendments to the regulations.