Singapore legislation
Regulation 7
Regulation 7
Response and answer
Subregulation 1
The respondent must file with the Appeals Board a response within a period of 21 days after receiving a copy of the petition of appeal from the secretary.
Subregulation 2
The response —
must state the name and address of the respondent and an address in Singapore for the service of documents;
must contain a succinct presentation of the arguments of fact or law upon which the respondent will rely in responding to each ground of appeal; and
must be signed and dated by a duly authorised officer of the respondent.
Subregulation 3
To file a response, the respondent must send the duly signed original of the response and its accompanying documents to the secretary together with 6 copies thereof.
Subregulation 4
On receiving the response, the secretary must forward a copy to the appellant who shall file with the secretary an answer thereto within a period of 21 days after receiving a copy of the response from the secretary.
Subregulation 5
The answer —
must contain a succinct presentation of the arguments of fact or law upon which the appellant will rely in replying to the response; and
must be signed and dated by the appellant.
Subregulation 6
To file the answer, the appellant must lodge the duly signed original of the answer and its accompanying documents with the secretary together with 6 copies thereof.
Subregulation 7
On receiving the answer, the secretary must forward a copy thereof to the respondent.