PART IA [S 99/2008 wef 01/03/2008] | 2A.—(1) A person, being a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore and 18 years of age or above, who desires to perform the Haj shall apply to the Majlis to be registered to perform the Haj. [S 577/2010 wef 08/10/2010] | (1A) A person, being a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore and below 18 years of age (referred to in this Rule as the relevant person), who desires to perform the Haj, may apply to the Majlis to be registered to perform the Haj if the application is made together with an application by one of his parents, or his legal guardian, to be registered to perform the Haj at the same time as the relevant person. [S 577/2010 wef 08/10/2010] |
| (2) An application under paragraph (1) or (1A) shall be in such form and manner as the Majlis thinks fit and shall be accompanied by an administration fee of $240. [S 577/2010 wef 08/10/2010] |
| (3) The Majlis may approve an application under paragraph (1) or (1A) on such terms and conditions as the Majlis thinks fit. [S 577/2010 wef 08/10/2010] |
(4) The Majlis may refuse to approve an application made under paragraph (1) or (1A) if —| (a) | the application is not made in accordance with paragraph (2) or with the rules and regulations imposed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; | | (b) | the application contains false or misleading information; | | (c) | the applicant has performed the Haj less than 5 years before the year of the Haj that is the subject of the application; or | | (d) | the quota allotted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the year of the Haj that is the subject of the application has been taken in full. |
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| (5) It shall be a condition of the approval of an application of a relevant person under paragraph (1A), (whether or not that approval is subsequently amended) that the relevant person performs the Haj at the same time as one of his parents, or his legal guardian, as the case may be. [S 577/2010 wef 08/10/2010] |
| (6) An applicant may, at any time, apply to the Majlis to cancel his application. [S 577/2010 wef 08/10/2010] |
| (7) The Majlis may, at any time, cancel any approval granted under paragraph (3) if the applicant had, in his application, furnished any information which is false or misleading. [S 577/2010 wef 08/10/2010] |
| (8) An approval granted under paragraph (3) shall state the approved Haj year. [S 577/2010 wef 08/10/2010] |
| (9) If a person cannot perform the Haj in the approved Haj year stated in the approval granted under paragraph (3), he may apply to the Majlis to defer the performance of the Haj to a different approved Haj year and to amend the approval so granted accordingly. [S 577/2010 wef 08/10/2010] |
(10) Where —| (a) | an application under paragraph (6) is made by the parent or legal guardian of a relevant person who has made an application under paragraph (1A) with his parent or legal guardian; or | | (b) | any approval granted to that parent or legal guardian is cancelled under these Rules, |
| any application of, or approval granted to, the relevant person shall be deemed to be cancelled. |
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2B.—(1) Where an approval has been granted under rule 2A(3) to a person to perform the Haj in the approved Haj year, the Majlis shall, before the performance of the Haj in the approved Haj year, cause a notice to be served on that person to ascertain from him whether he is able to perform the Haj in the approved Haj year.| (2) The notice issued under paragraph (1) must state a reasonable time within which the person on whom the notice is served must inform the Majlis whether he is able to perform the Haj in the approved Haj year concerned. |
| (3) If the person informs the Majlis that he wishes to have the approval granted under rule 2A(3) cancelled within the time stated in the notice or such other time as the Majlis may allow for that particular case, the Majlis shall cancel the approval. |
| (4) If the person does not inform the Majlis that he is able to perform the Haj in the approved Haj year within the time stated in the notice or such other time as the Majlis may allow for that particular case, the Majlis may cancel the approval granted under rule 2A(3). |
| (5) If the person informs the Majlis that he is not able to perform the Haj in the approved Haj year within the time stated in the notice or such other time as the Majlis may allow for that particular case, the Majlis may, upon application by the person, defer the performance of the Haj to a different approved Haj year and amend the approval granted under rule 2A(3) accordingly. |
| (6) If the person cannot perform the Haj in the year that it has been deferred to under paragraph (5) or rule 2A(9), the approval granted under rule 2A(3) shall be deemed to be cancelled. [S 577/2010 wef 08/10/2010] |
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| 2C. Notwithstanding rules 2A(9) and 2B(5), any application to amend an approval granted under rule 2A(3) for the deferment of the performance of the Haj may only be made once. [S 577/2010 wef 08/10/2010] |
| Fee to be refunded upon cancellation of application or approval |
2D.—(1) Where —| (a) | any application is cancelled pursuant to an application under rule 2A(6); | | (b) | any approval is cancelled under rule 2A(7) or 2B(3) or (4); or | | (c) | any approval is deemed to be cancelled under rule 2B(6), |
| the Majlis shall refund $190 to the person whose application or approval is or is deemed to be cancelled, as the case may be. |
| (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Majlis may, where it considers appropriate, refund the whole of the application fee to the person whose application or approval is or is deemed to be cancelled, as the case may be. |
| (3) If the person to whom the refund is to be made is dead, any sum to be refunded shall be made to the estate of that person. [S 577/2010 wef 08/10/2010] |
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