Singapore legislation

Regulation 13

of Maintenance of Religious Harmony (Donation Reporting and Foreign Influence Disclosure) Regulations 2022

Regulation 13

Notice of appeal

Subregulation 1

Every notice of appeal —

(a)

must state —

(i)

the name and address of the appellant making the appeal;

(ii)

the name and address of the appellant’s authorised representative; and

(iii)

a contact address in Singapore for the service of documents on the appellant in connection with appeal proceedings;

(b)

must contain —

(i)

a concise statement of the circumstances under which the appeal arises, the facts and the issues in the appeal;

(ii)

a summary of the grounds of appeal against the appealable decision, identifying, in particular —

(A)

the statutory provision under which the appealable decision was made by the competent authority;

(B)

the extent (if any) to which the appellant contends that the appealable decision was based on an error of fact or was wrong in law; and

(C)

the extent (if any) to which the appellant is appealing against the competent authority’s exercise of discretion in making the appealable decision; and

(iii)

a succinct presentation of the arguments supporting each ground of appeal; (c)must be signed and dated by the appellant, or on the appellant’s behalf by the authorised representative; and

(d)

must be accompanied by —

(i)

a copy of the appealable decision; and

(ii)

any documents supporting the arguments.

Subregulation 2

Unless the Minister otherwise directs, if the appellant is lodging the duly signed original of the notice of appeal and its accompanying documents in hardcopy form, the appellant must also lodge with the Appeals Secretary 2 copies of the notice of appeal and those accompanying documents, each certified by the appellant, or by the authorised representative, to be in conformity with the original.

Subregulation 3

An appellant cannot raise or rely on any ground of appeal objection which is not stated in the notice of appeal during any hearing of the appeal unless the appellant has permission under regulation 16 to amend the appellant’s notice of appeal to include that ground.