Singapore legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Reconsideration by Appeals Panel
(1)
A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Appeals Panel under this section or section 13 refusing to determine that a citizen of Singapore referred to in section 12(2) is a Pioneer may, at any time but no later than the closing date specified under section 13(5) for verification applications mentioned in section 13(4)(a), apply in writing to that Panel to reconsider that decision.
(2)
A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Appeals Panel under this section or section 13 refusing to determine that a citizen of Singapore referred to in section 12A(2) is a Merdeka Generation Senior may, at any time but no later than the closing date specified under section 13(5) for verification applications mentioned in section 13(4)(b), apply in writing to that Panel to reconsider that decision.
(3)
An application for reconsideration may be made by any person referred to in section 13(3) and must be made in the prescribed manner, except that the Appeals Panel must reject any application for reconsideration made after the closing date specified under section 13(5).
(4)
On receiving an application under subsection (1) or (2) for reconsideration of its decision in respect of any citizen of Singapore referred to in section 12(2) or 12A(2) (as the case may be), the Appeals Panel is to reconsider the decision, as soon as practicable, and then either —
determine that the citizen of Singapore is a Pioneer or Merdeka Generation Senior (as the case may be) with effect from a date to be specified, which may, where suitable, be a date before the date of its decision on reconsideration but not earlier than the date the verification application (if made) for that citizen of Singapore was received by the Panel under section 13; or
affirm that decision.
(5)
The Appeals Panel must give notice of the result of its reconsideration under this section to the person who applied under this section for that reconsideration.