s 33 Grounds for refusal to register a manager
33. The Director-General may in his discretion refuse to register any person as a manager of a school if —(a) the person has been convicted before any court of competent jurisdiction in Singapore or in Malaysia or in any part of the Commonwealth, of an offence punishable with imprisonment or of an offence under this Act or under any previous written law relating to education or the registration of schools or under any similar law in force at any time in Malaysia; (b) the person has previously been refused registration as a manager under either this Act or any previous written law relating to education or the registration of schools or any similar law in force at any time in Malaysia, or having been so registered has had his registration cancelled; (c) the person is not of good character; (d) the person has not the experience, knowledge, interest and skill to manage a school; (e) the person has at any time under any written law made a statement false or misleading in a material particular in an application for registration as manager or teacher; or (f) it will be prejudicial to the interests of Singapore or of the public or of the pupils of the school that the person should be so registered. [8/97]