Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
of Singapore Polytechnic (Staff Discipline) Regulations 2026
Regulation 10
Procedure at inquiry
Subregulation 1
Where a committee of inquiry is appointed under regulation 8(4), the committee of inquiry must give the employee at least 7 working days’ notice in writing of the date on which the committee of inquiry will commence its inquiry.
Subregulation 2
The employee must attend the inquiry and must be permitted to —
cross-examine any witnesses;
give evidence on his or her own behalf;
have any witnesses called to give evidence on behalf of the employee; and
have access to information contained in any document at a reasonable time before the document is tendered in evidence.
Subregulation 3
At the inquiry, the evidence on behalf of the Staff Disciplinary Committee must be presented by a member of the staff of the Polytechnic or by any public officer or an advocate and solicitor appointed by the Principal.
Subregulation 4
The employee under inquiry may be represented by an advocate and solicitor, a member of the staff of the Polytechnic other than the member mentioned in paragraph (3) or by any other person that the Staff Disciplinary Committee may allow.
Subregulation 5
The committee of inquiry is not bound to act in a formal manner and is not bound by the provisions of the Evidence Act 1893 or by any other law relating to evidence, but may inform itself on any matter in any manner that it thinks fit.