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Rh (2) The Registrar may cancel the registration of a person and the person’s business name if the Central Provident Fund Board established under the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36) has notified the Registrar that the person is a member of the Central Provident Fund established by section 6 of that Act and has failed to comply with regulations made under section 77(1)(e) of that Act relating to the payment of contributions by that person to the Central Provident Fund.

(3) Before cancelling any registration under subsection (1) or (2), the Registrar must—
 * (a) give the person notice in writing of the Registrar’s intention to cancel the registration;
 * (b) specify in the notice a period of at least 30 days within which the person may make written representations to the Registrar; and
 * (c) consider the person’s written representations (if any) to the proposed cancellation that are received by the Registrar within the time specified in the notice.

(4) Subject to section 13(3), any person aggrieved by the cancellation under subsection (1) or (2) may, within 30 days after the date the person is notified of the cancellation or such further period as the Minister may allow in any particular case, appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.

Supplemental provision to sections 9 and 12

13.—(1) For the purposes of sections 9(b) and 12(1)(a)(ii), a certificate issued under the hand of the Minister charged with the responsibility for internal security stating that the Minister is satisfied that it would be contrary to the national security or interest for the person named in the certificate to be registered or to continue to be registered is conclusive evidence of the matters so stated.

(2) Section 8(7) does not apply in a case where the Registrar refuses to register a person under section 9(b) on the basis of a certificate issued under subsection (1).