Martial Arts Instruction Bill

  Table of Contents

  Long Title

  Enacting Formula

1 Short title and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Appointment of Controller and Assistant Controllers of Martial Arts

4 Registration of a martial art association and refusal to register

5 Unlawful martial art association

6 Presumptive proof of existence of a martial art association

7 Presumptive proof of membership, partnership, etc., of a martial art association

8 Branch of a registered martial art association

9 Change of name or place of business or place of instruction of a registered martial art association

10 Registered place of business

11 Information to be furnished by a registered martial art association

12 Persons responsible for complying with sections 8, 10 and 11

13 Cessation of existence of a registered martial art association

14 Voluntary dissolution of a registered martial art association

15 Penalty for inciting, etc., a person to become a member of an unlawful martial art association

16 Penalty for procuring subscription or aid for an unlawful martial art association

17 Publishing etc., propaganda of an unlawful martial art association

18 Martial art association using a triad ritual to be deemed an unlawful martial art association

19 Persons who shall not act as officers of a registered martial art association

20 Minister may order cancellation of registration of a martial art association

21 No person to act as instructor without a certificate

22 Application for registration as a trainee

23 Penalty for furnishing false particulars in an application for registration as trainee

24 Power of Controller to revoke, cancel or suspend registration of a trainee

25 Application for an instructor’s certificate

26 Power of Controller to revoke, cancel or suspend an instructor’s certificate

27 Effect of revocation, cancellation or suspension of certificate

28 Exhibition of certificate

29 Instructor to notify change of place of instruction

30 Penalty for furnishing false particulars or instructing martial art to person not registered under this Act

31 Powers of search and arrest

32 Powers of the Controller

33 Obstruction of search, etc.

34 Exemption

35 Operation of Act not to affect other written law

36 General penalty

37 Indemnity

38 Consent of Public Prosecutor

39 Regulations

40 Application of this Act

41 Transitional provisions

  Explanatory Statement

  Expenditure of Public Money