Maintenance of Religious Harmony (Restraining Orders) Regulations 2022

No. S 861

Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act 1990

Maintenance of Religious Harmony
(Restraining Orders)
Regulations 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 19 of the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act 1990, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Maintenance of Religious Harmony (Restraining Orders) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 1 November 2022.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“authorised officer”, in relation to any provision in these Regulations, means a public officer who is authorised by the Minister for the purposes of that provision;

“chairperson” means the chairperson of the Presidential Council for Religious Harmony appointed by the President under section 3(3) of the Act;

“Council member” means a member of the Council;

“parties”, in relation to any representation proceedings about a restraining order, means the representor and the Minister, and “party” in Part 3 means either of them;

“quorum”, in relation to the Council, means the quorum specified in section 4(4) of the Act;

“representation proceedings” means proceedings conducted by the Council under Part 3 for the purposes of making recommendations to the President under section 11(4) of the Act regarding any restraining order referred to the Council;

“representor”, in relation to a representation made under section 11(1A) of the Act against a restraining order, means —

(a)	the person against whom the restraining order is made; or
(b)	the head or governing body of the religious group or religious institution named in the restraining order;

“restraining order” means an order made under section 8 or 9 of the Act, and includes a direction to extend given to the Council by the Minister under section 11 or 13 of the Act;

“Secretary” means the Secretary to the Council appointed by the Council under section 4(2) of the Act;

“working day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.

Address for service on Council

3. Any document to be lodged with, given to or served on the Council under these Regulations must be addressed to the “Secretary, Presidential Council for Religious Harmony” and sent —

(a)	by email to PCRH_Secretariat@mha.gov.sg; or
(b)	by registered post addressed to the PCRH Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Phoenix Park, 28 Irrawaddy Road, Singapore 329560.

Made on 28 October 2022.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA/112/2/0094; AG/LEGIS/SL/167A/2020/3 Vol. 1]

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