Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act 2025 · s 5

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—(1) The Minister may —(a)appoint one or more public officers to each be a competent authority for the purposes of this Act in general; or(b)appoint one or more public officers to each be a competent authority for the purposes of a particular provision of this Act.(2) The Minister may from time to time give a competent authority directions that —(a)are of a general character;(b)relate to the performance of the functions conferred on the competent authority by this Act; and(c)are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.(3) The competent authority must give effect to those directions in performing his or her functions.
The Minister may —(a)appoint one or more public officers to each be a competent authority for the purposes of this Act in general; or(b)appoint one or more public officers to each be a competent authority for the purposes of a particular provision of this Act.
The Minister may from time to time give a competent authority directions that —(a)are of a general character;(b)relate to the performance of the functions conferred on the competent authority by this Act; and(c)are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
The competent authority must give effect to those directions in performing his or her functions.

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s 5Competent authority

(1)

The Minister may —

(a)

appoint one or more public officers to each be a competent authority for the purposes of this Act in general; or

(b)

appoint one or more public officers to each be a competent authority for the purposes of a particular provision of this Act.

(2)

The Minister may from time to time give a competent authority directions that —

(a)

are of a general character;

(b)

relate to the performance of the functions conferred on the competent authority by this Act; and

(c)

are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.

(3)

The competent authority must give effect to those directions in performing his or her functions.