s 108 Power to make rules
108.—(1) The Minister may make rules —(a) for any purpose for which rules are authorised or required to be made under this Act; (b) for prescribing matters authorised or required by this Act to be prescribed; (c) for prescribing matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act; (d) for prescribing matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the conduct of any proceedings or other matter before the Registrar. [3/2007] (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the rules may make provision —(a) as to the practice and procedure of any proceedings or other matter before the Registrar; (b) as to the manner of filing of applications or other documents; (c) requiring persons to make such statutory declarations as may be prescribed in support of any application, notice or request; (d) requiring and regulating the translation of documents and the filing and authentication of any translation; (e) as to the service of documents; (ea) to enable the Registrar to publish —(i) an application to rectify an error or omission in the register; and (ii) a request to amend an application, a notice or other document, and to provide for the making of objections to the rectification or amendment by a person claiming to be affected by it; [Act 7 of 2022 wef 26/05/2022] (f) authorising the rectification of irregularities of procedure; (g) prescribing time limits for anything required to be done in connection with any proceedings under this Act; (h) for the extension of any time limit which has been prescribed, or which the Registrar has specified, and which has not expired; (i) as to the giving of evidence in proceedings before the Registrar under this Act by affidavit or statutory declaration; [Act 7 of 2022 wef 26/05/2022] (ia) for the continued processing of an application that is treated as withdrawn; and[Act 7 of 2022 wef 26/05/2022] (j) for the reinstatement of —(i) [Deleted by Act 7 of 2022 wef 26/05/2022] (ii) any right which has been abrogated, or thing which has ceased to be in force or to exist, by reason of a failure to comply with any time limit which has been prescribed or which the Registrar has specified, and the conditions for such reinstatement. [42/2005; 3/2007]