Singapore legislation
Regulation 24
Regulation 24
Powers to deal with appeal, etc.
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of determining an appeal, the Minister may do all or any of the following:
summon any party in relation to the appeal or their representatives, or any person who is not such a party, in Singapore to do all or any of the following:
give evidence to the Minister;
produce to the Minister any document, record or other thing in the custody or under the control of that party or person;
put questions to the parties, their representatives and their witnesses or other person summoned to attend under sub‑paragraph (a);
procure and receive all such evidence, written or oral, as the Minister may think it necessary or desirable to procure.
Subregulation 2
The Minister is not bound by the provisions of the Evidence Act 1893 or by any other written law relating to evidence.
Subregulation 3
The Minister may appoint any individual, whether in the service of the Government or not, to act as interpreter in any matter brought before the Minister, and to translate any documents produced to the Minister, in any appeal proceedings.