Martial Arts Instruction (Exemption) Notification 1997

No. S 501

Martial Arts Instruction Act

(Chapter 171)

Martial Arts Instruction (Exemption) Notification 1997

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Martial Arts Instruction Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Notification may be cited as the Martial Arts Instruction (Exemption) Notification 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1998.

Exemption

2.  A trainee who —

(a) receives instruction in any form of martial art as part of a course, or other activity, organised or conducted by any martial art association registered under section 4 of the Act;

(b) is not a member of an unlawful society within the meaning of the Societies Act (Cap. 311); and

(c) has not been convicted of any offence that is registrable under the Registration of Criminals Act (Cap. 268),

is exempted from registration as a trainee under section 22 of the Act.

Made this 6th day of November 1997.

PETER CHAN JER HING

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA(ID) 6/1/01 Vol. 2; AG/LEG/SL/171/97/1 Vol. 1]