of registers and, in relation to orders under Article 61 or Article 62 of the Constitution any of his functions under Article 63 of the Constitution prior to determining whether to make such an order; but any person aggrieved by the decision of a person to whom the functions of the Minister are so delegated may appeal to the Minister.
4. The Minister may make rules and prescribe forms for the purpose of the exercise of his functions under Part III of the Constitution and of this Schedule.
5. The power of the Government under Articles 55 and 69 of the Constitution to allow a longer period for the registration of a birth may be exercised either before or after the registration has been effected.
6. Any notice to be given by the Minister to any person under clause (1) of Article 63 of the Constitution may be sent to that person at his last known address or, in the case of a person under the age of twenty-one years (not being a married woman) to his parent or guardian at the last known address of the parent or guardian ; and if an address at which the notice may be sent to any person under this paragraph is not known and cannot after reasonable inquiry be ascertained, the notice may be given by publication in the Gazette.
7. It shall be the duty of the Minister to compile and maintain—
- (a) a register of citizens of Singapore by registration;
- (b) a register of citizens of Singapore by naturalization whether under the provisions of the Singapore Citizenship Ordinance or the Federal Constitution;
- (c) a register of persons to whom certificates of citizenship of Singapore have been issued under Article 66 of the Constitution, or under Article 39 of the Federal Constitution;
- (d) a register of persons who have been deprived or deemed to have been deprived of citizenship under any provision of Part III of the Constitution;
- (e) a register of citizens of Singapore who have renounced citizenship under the provisions of the Singapore Citizenship Ordinance, 1957, or the Federal Constitution;
- (f) a register of persons enrolled under the provisions of the Constitution;
- (g) a register of persons whose enrolment has been cancelled under the provisions of the Constitution;
- (h) an alphabetical index of all persons referred to in the preceding paragraphs of this section.
8. If the Minister has reason to believe that an error appears in any register compiled under section 7 of this Schedule he shall after giving notice to the persons concerned and after considering such representations from him as he may choose to make, make such alteration on the register as appears to the Minister to be necessary to correct the error.
9. Subject to section 8 of this Schedule, the said register shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein contained.
10.—(1) It shall be an offence punishable with imprisonment for two years or a fine of one thousand dollars or both for any person—
- (a) knowingly to make any false statement with a view to inducing the Minister to grant or refuse any application under Part III of the Constitution;
- (b) to forge or without lawful authority, alter any certificate or without any lawful authority use or have in his possession any certificate which has been so forged or altered;
- (b) to forge or without lawful authority, alter any certificate or without any lawful authority use or have in his possession any certificate which has been so forged or altered;
