Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act 1990 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
2B. Competent authority
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The Minister may appoint —
a public officer to be the competent authority for the administration of Part 4, 5 or 6* generally; or
one or more public officers to be each a competent authority responsible for the administration of a particular provision in Part 4, 5 or 6*.
A competent authority is, subject to any general or special directions of the Minister, responsible for the administration of Part 4, 5, 6 or 7* or any provision in that Part (as the case may be) and may perform such duties as are imposed and may exercise such powers as are conferred upon the competent authority by this Act.
The Minister may from time to time give a competent authority directions of a general character, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as to the exercise of the powers and discretions conferred on the competent authority by, and the duties required to be discharged by the competent authority under, this Act; and the competent authority must give effect to those directions given.