Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
of Employment of Foreign Manpower (Infringement and Appeal Board Proceedings) Regulations 2013
Regulation 10
Taking of evidence at inquiry
Subregulation 1
The Commissioner has the sole power to examine any witness, including the Respondent, at an inquiry.
Subregulation 2
The Commissioner may, in his discretion, allow the Respondent to cross-examine any witness and —
allow any line of inquiry from the Respondent;
disallow any line of inquiry from the Respondent, including but not limited to lines of inquiry that are vexatious, frivolous or abusive; or
rephrase any line of inquiry from the Respondent.
Subregulation 3
The Respondent is allowed to adduce evidence of any attempt to rectify a prescribed infringement, which the Commissioner may take into account in arriving at his determination.
Subregulation 4
The Commissioner may admit as evidence any statement of the Respondent or any witness, in part or in whole, after confirming with the Respondent or witness that the statement was voluntarily made.
Subregulation 5
A party may not offer further evidence after closing that party’s case, except that the Commissioner may, before making a determination under section 25C of the Act, admit further evidence and consider further argument on that evidence if in the Commissioner’s opinion —
the evidence could not have been obtained with reasonable diligence for use in the inquiry earlier;
the evidence, in all likelihood, would materially affect the outcome of the case; and
the evidence is such as is presumably to be believed or apparently credible.