Singapore legislation
Regulation 19
of Maintenance of Religious Harmony (Restraining Orders) Regulations 2022
Regulation 19
Response
Subregulation 1
Subject to regulation 21, the Minister may serve on the Council a response after receiving a copy of the notice of representation from the Secretary forwarded under regulation 15(d), except that any such response must be served on the Council no later than 5 working days after that receipt.
Subregulation 2
Any response to a notice of representation —
must cite the number assigned under regulation 15(b) to the notice of representation;
must state an address in Singapore for the service of documents on the Minister in connection with representation proceedings relating to the notice of representation;
must contain a succinct presentation of the arguments upon which the Minister will rely in responding to each ground of objection in the notice of representation; and
must be signed and dated by an authorised officer or the Minister.
Subregulation 3
To file a response, the Minister must send or cause to be sent to the Secretary —
the duly signed original of the response and its accompanying documents; and
if the Minister is sending or causing to be sent the response and its accompanying documents in hardcopy form, 2 copies each of the response and its accompanying documents, each certified by an authorised officer to be in conformity with the original.
Subregulation 4
On receiving the response of the Minister, the Secretary must without delay forward a copy of the response to the representor concerned.