Martial Arts Societies Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part III · Registration
16. Registration of instructors
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any form of martial arts
“martial arts” or “any form of martial arts” means any of the martial arts specified in the First Schedule or any combination thereof and any other form of physical training, the study or practice of which will enable the doer to acquire the skills to physically defend himself against armed or unarmed attack: Provided that notwithstanding the definition of “martial arts” the Minister may by order published in the Gazette amend the First Schedule;
he is registered as an instructor under this Act;
the place where instruction is carried out is a place of instruction of martial arts or is a place of study of a martial arts society; and
the person instructed is a member of a martial arts society.
An application for registration as an instructor shall—
contain the name, identity card number, address and, if he is not a full-time instructor, the vocation of the applicant;
specify the form of martial arts that the applicant intends to instruct;
specify the period of study undergone by the applicant, the grade obtained and the examining authority which awarded his grade; and
specify the place at which he intends to instruct the form of martial arts.
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The Registrar may, if satisfied that the applicant has the necessary qualifications and is a fit and proper person to be an instructor, register him as an instructor and shall issue a certificate of registration in the prescribed form.
The place specified in the application for registration as the place at which the instructor intends to instruct the form of martial arts shall be registered as the place of instruction and shall not be changed without the prior written permission of the Registrar.
martial arts
“martial arts” or “any form of martial arts” means any of the martial arts specified in the First Schedule or any combination thereof and any other form of physical training, the study or practice of which will enable the doer to acquire the skills to physically defend himself against armed or unarmed attack: Provided that notwithstanding the definition of “martial arts” the Minister may by order published in the Gazette amend the First Schedule;
A registered instructor shall from time to time inform the
Registrar in writing of—
the martial arts society or societies to which he is an instructor;
if his students, during any session of instruction at his registered place of instruction, is a composite group of persons who are members of more than one martial arts society the names of such students, their identity card numbers, addresses and vocations and the names of the respective martial arts society of which they are members;
and
the names of such persons who, being listed under paragraph
, cease being his students, the date of cessation and the grade obtained by such persons.