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Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act 2025 · Updated to 15 Sep 2026 · Part 2 · Administration

5. Competent 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.

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