Singapore legislation
Regulation 9
Regulation 9
Defective defence
Subregulation 1
If the appeal authority considers that a defence —
(a)
does not satisfy the requirements of regulation 8; or
(b)
is materially incomplete, unduly prolix or lacking in clarity,the appeal authority may give directions to the Agency as are necessary to remedy the defence.
Subregulation 2
The appeal authority may, if the appeal authority considers that the efficient conduct of the appeal proceedings so requires, instruct the Secretary or the Registrar (as the case may be) to defer forwarding a copy of the defence to the appellant until after the directions given under paragraph (1) have been complied with.