s 12 General power to cancel registration
12.—(1) The Registrar may cancel the registration of a person and the person’s business name if —(a) the Registrar is satisfied that —(i) the business of the person is being used or is intended to be used for an unlawful purpose or for purposes prejudicial to public peace, welfare or good order in Singapore; or (ii) it would be contrary to the national security or interest for the person to continue to be registered; (b) in connection with the person’s business, the person carrying on the business, or any other person appointed by that person to manage the business solely or substantially on that person’s behalf, has been convicted of an offence under the Charities Act 1994; or (c) the person required to appoint an authorised representative under section 11(1) —(i) fails to appoint an authorised representative within the period that the authorised representative is required to be appointed under section 11(3) or (4); or (ii) fails to appoint a new authorised representative within 30 days after the date that the person’s sole authorised representative resigned, retired, died or otherwise ceased to be, or ceased to be qualified to be, the person’s authorised representative as required under section 11(11). (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 1953 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 section 9A of that Act relating to the payment of contributions by that person to the Central Provident Fund.[Act 3 of 2024 wef 26/02/2024] (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.