Singapore legislation
Regulation 9
of Legal Profession (Foreign Practitioner Examinations) Rules 2011
Regulation 9
Examinations Review Board
Subregulation 1
The Chairman may appoint any 2 or more members of the Board to constitute an Examinations Review Board, and shall appoint one of the members of the Examinations Review Board to preside over it.
Subregulation 2
The Examinations Review Board may be appointed in connection with one or more matters or for a fixed period of time as the Chairman may think fit.
Subregulation 3
If any member of the Examinations Review Board is unable to act for any reason in any case, the Chairman may appoint another member of the Board to replace him for that case.
Subregulation 4
The Director shall be the secretary of the Examinations Review Board.
Subregulation 5
A decision of the Examinations Review Board shall be made by a majority vote of its members except that, in the event of an equality of votes, the member presiding shall have a casting vote in addition to his original vote.
Subregulation 6
The Examinations Review Board shall not be bound to act in a formal manner and may determine its own procedures.
Subregulation 7
The Examinations Review Board shall not be bound by the provisions of the Evidence Act (Cap. 97) or by any other law relating to evidence, and may inform itself on any matter in such manner as it thinks fit.