Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Work Passes
15. Burden of proof, etc.
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For the purposes of section 7, and any proceedings in respect of any prescribed infringement or any offence under this Act —
prescribed infringement
“prescribed infringement” means —(a)any contravention of section 9(1), 25(1), (2), (3) or (4) or 25A(2);(b)any contravention of any provision in the regulations made under this Act that is prescribed as a prescribed infringement; or(c)the abetment, within the meaning of section 25F, of any contravention mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);
a person who makes an application for a work pass is presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have knowledge of the information provided in the application; and
subject to subsection (2), the burden of proving the truth of the contents of an application for a work pass is on the person who makes the application.
Where any application for a work pass is made by more than one person, then for the purposes specified in subsection (1), each applicant bears the burden of proving the truth of the contents of the application that relate to the applicant.
work pass
“work pass” means a work pass belonging to any prescribed category of work passes which is issued by the Controller under section 7.