Section 15
Burden of proof, etc.
of Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990
ActIn forceProvision 18 of 51
Section 15
Amended by24/201224/2012
(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 is 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 is on the person who makes the application.
Amended by24/2012
(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 bears the burden of proving the truth of the contents of the application that relate to the applicant.
Amended by24/2012