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Regulation 13

of Maintenance of Religious Harmony (Restraining Orders) Regulations 2022

Regulation 13

Notice of representation

Subregulation 1

Every notice of representation —

(a)

must state —

(i)

the name and address of the representor making the representation;

(ii)

the name and address of the representor’s authorised representative, if any; and

(iii)

a contact address in Singapore for the service of documents on the representor in connection with representation proceedings under this Part;

(b)

must contain —

(i)

a concise statement of the circumstances under which the representation arises, the facts and the issues in the representation;

(ii)

a summary of the grounds for objecting to the making of the restraining order, identifying, in particular —

(A)

the statutory provision under which the restraining order was made;

(B)

the extent (if any) to which the representor contends that the restraining order was based on an error of fact or was wrong in law; and

(C)

the extent (if any) to which the representor is appealing against the Minister’s exercise of discretion in making the restraining order; and

(iii)

a succinct presentation of the arguments supporting each ground of objection;

(c)

must be signed and dated by the representor, or on the representor’s behalf by the authorised representative; and

(d)

must be accompanied by —

(i)

a copy of the restraining order; and

(ii)

any documents supporting the arguments.

Subregulation 2

Unless the Council otherwise directs, if the representor is lodging the duly signed original of the notice of representation and its accompanying documents in hardcopy form, the representor must also lodge with the Council 2 copies of the notice of representation and those accompanying documents, each certified by the representor, or by the authorised representative, to be in conformity with the original.

Subregulation 3

A representor cannot raise or rely on any ground of objection which is not stated in the notice of representation during any hearing of the representation by the Council unless the representor has permission under regulation 16 to amend the representor’s notice of representation to include that ground.