Singapore legislation

Regulation 23

Evidence

Subregulation 1

The Minister —

(a)

is not bound by the provisions of the Evidence Act (Cap. 97) or by any other written law relating to evidence; and

(b)

may give directions as to —

(i)

the issues on which he requires evidence;

(ii)

the nature of the evidence which he requires to decide those issues; and

(iii)

the manner in which the evidence is to be placed before him.

The Minister may, in his discretion, receive new evidence on any matter relating to an appeal if he is satisfied that ––

(a)

the evidence could not have been obtained with reasonable diligence at the time of the Authority’s appealable decision;

(b)

the evidence, if given, would have had an important influence on the result of the case, though it need not be decisive; and

(c)

the evidence is credible.