Singapore legislation

Regulation 10

of Online Criminal Harms (Reviewing Tribunals) Rules 2024

Regulation 10

Evidence

Subregulation 1

A Reviewing Tribunal may receive evidence in any form, and may receive evidence that would not be admissible in a court of law.

Subregulation 2

A Reviewing Tribunal may give directions as to —

(a)

the issues on which it requires evidence;

(b)

the nature of the evidence which it requires to decide the appeal before it; and

(c)

the manner in which the evidence is to be placed before the Reviewing Tribunal.

Subregulation 3

Without limiting paragraph (2), a Reviewing Tribunal may require a witness to give evidence —

(a)

on oath or affirmation at an in‑person hearing; or

(b)

by way of affidavit or statutory declaration,but not by means of a telephone communication, live video or live video or audio link.

Subregulation 4

Subject to rule 7, a Reviewing Tribunal may do all or any of the following in connection with any appeal proceedings relating to an appeal it has cognizance of:

(a)

summon any party or a party’s authorised representative, or any person who is not a party, in Singapore to attend to do one or both of the following:

(i)

give evidence to the Reviewing Tribunal;

(ii)

produce to the Reviewing Tribunal any document, record or other thing in the custody or under the control of that party or person;

(b)

put questions to the parties, their authorised representatives and their witnesses or other person summoned under sub‑paragraph (a);

(c)

procure and receive all the evidence, written or oral, as the Reviewing Tribunal considers necessary or desirable to procure.