Powers of Establishment Committee to vary decision
8.—(1) Where the Establishment Committee, after considering the recommendation of the chief executive officer and the report of a supervisory officer submitted under regulation 7, is of the opinion that there are sufficient grounds for interfering with the decision of the supervisory officer it may —
(a)
alter the penalty imposed by the supervisory officer by enhancing or reducing the penalty;
(b)
alter or reverse any finding of the supervisory officer and quash the decision given by him; or
(c)
discharge the decision given by the supervisory officer and direct that fresh disciplinary proceedings shall be taken under the provisions of the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (Disciplinary Proceedings) Regulations (Rg 1), with a view to the dismissal of the officer.
(2) The Establishment Committee shall be precluded from interfering with the decision of the supervisory officer after one month of the making of the decision.
(3) Where the Establishment Committee intends to impose a more severe penalty on an officer, the Establishment Committee shall give the officer concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard.