§ 29A — Monitoring powers of licensing officer

29A.—(1) The licensing officer has, for the purposes of the execution of this Part, power to do all or any of the following:(a)

to enter, inspect and examine at a reasonable time the place of business of a licensee;

(b)

to require a licensee to produce any records, accounts and documents kept by the licensee within such reasonable time as is specified by the licensing officer;

(c)

to inspect, examine and make copies of any records, accounts and documents so produced;

(d)

to make such inquiry as may be necessary to ascertain whether a licensee has complied with any condition of a licence, or any provisions of this Part.

(2) Where any records, accounts and documents mentioned in subsection (1) are kept in electronic form, then —(a)

the power of the licensing officer in subsection (1)(b) to require any records, accounts or documents to be produced for inspection includes the power to require a copy of the records, accounts or documents to be made available for inspection in legible form (and subsection (1)(c) is to accordingly apply in relation to any copy so made available); and

(b)

the power of the licensing officer under subsection (1)(c) to inspect any records, accounts or documents includes the power to require any person on the premises in question to give the licensing officer such assistance as he or she may reasonably require to enable him or her —(i)

to inspect and make copies of the records, accounts or documents in legible form or to make records of information contained in them; or

(ii)

to inspect and check the operation of any computer, and any associated apparatus or material, that is or has been in use in connection with the keeping of the records, accounts or documents.

(3) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any requirement imposed under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.[Act 19 of 2024 wef 31/10/2025]

—(1) The licensing officer has, for the purposes of the execution of this Part, power to do all or any of the following:(a)

to enter, inspect and examine at a reasonable time the place of business of a licensee;

(b)

to require a licensee to produce any records, accounts and documents kept by the licensee within such reasonable time as is specified by the licensing officer;

(c)

to inspect, examine and make copies of any records, accounts and documents so produced;

(d)

to make such inquiry as may be necessary to ascertain whether a licensee has complied with any condition of a licence, or any provisions of this Part.

(2) Where any records, accounts and documents mentioned in subsection (1) are kept in electronic form, then —(a)

the power of the licensing officer in subsection (1)(b) to require any records, accounts or documents to be produced for inspection includes the power to require a copy of the records, accounts or documents to be made available for inspection in legible form (and subsection (1)(c) is to accordingly apply in relation to any copy so made available); and

(b)

the power of the licensing officer under subsection (1)(c) to inspect any records, accounts or documents includes the power to require any person on the premises in question to give the licensing officer such assistance as he or she may reasonably require to enable him or her —(i)

to inspect and make copies of the records, accounts or documents in legible form or to make records of information contained in them; or

(ii)

to inspect and check the operation of any computer, and any associated apparatus or material, that is or has been in use in connection with the keeping of the records, accounts or documents.

(3) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any requirement imposed under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.[Act 19 of 2024 wef 31/10/2025]