s 41 Power to close schools or educational institutions
41.—(1) The Minister, if he is satisfied at any time that a school or educational institution is being used —(a) for a purpose detrimental to the interests of Singapore or of the public; (b) for the purpose of instruction detrimental to the interests of the public or of the pupils; or (c) as a meeting-place of an unlawful society, and that the circumstances so require, may make an order closing such school or educational institution for such period, not exceeding 6 months at any one time, as may be specified in the order. (2) The board of managers or governors of any school or educational institution, aggrieved by any order made under subsection (1), may within one month of the date of the order make an objection against such order to the President whose decision shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court. (3) In this section —“school” means —(a) a place where 10 or more persons are or are habitually taught, whether in one or more classes; or (b) in the case of a correspondence school, the place or places where instruction is prepared or where answers are examined or corrected, but does not include any place where the teaching is of a purely religious character, or for a purely religious purpose; “educational institution” means any place (including a school) where, in the carrying on of the work of any organisation or institution, persons are or are habitually taught, whether in one or more classes, except that it does not include any place where the teaching is of a purely religious character or for purely religious purposes.