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Rh :(a) submit an application to the Registrar in such form and manner, and furnish the Registrar with such information, as the Registrar may require; and
 * (b) pay such fee as may be prescribed for the making of the application.

(5) The Minister may prescribe different fees in respect of different classes or descriptions of persons for the purposes of this section.

(6) An application for the extension of an exemption shall be made not later than one month before the expiry of the exemption.

(7) Any moneylender who makes an application for the extension of an exemption after the time limited under subsection (6) shall pay a late extension fee not exceeding $50 for every day or part thereof that the application for extension is late, subject to a maximum of $1,500.

(8) The Minister may at any time revoke, whether wholly or in part, any exemption granted to a person under subsection (1) by giving the person a notice of revocation in writing.

(9) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (8), the Minister may at any time revoke, whether wholly or in part, any exemption—
 * (a) for the contravention of any condition of the exemption or any provision of this Act; or
 * (b) if he is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.

(10) Any revocation, whether wholly or in part, of an exemption or a condition of exemption under this section, and any amendment of a condition of exemption under this section, shall not affect any moneylending transaction entered into before the date of the revocation or amendment, as the case may be.

Class exemption

36.—(1) The Minister may make rules to exempt any class of persons from any, but not all, of the provisions of this Act, subject to such terms or conditions as may be prescribed.

(2) Any revocation, whether wholly or in part, of an exemption or a condition of exemption under this section, and any amendment of a condition of exemption under this section, shall not affect any