Powers of enforcement
Open ↗27.—(1) In addition to the powers conferred by any written law, an officer or employee of the Authority may, on declaration of his or her office and production to the person against whom he or she is acting of such identification card as the Chief Executive may direct to be carried by officers or employees of the Authority, in relation to any offence under any such written law —(a)
require any person whom the officer or employee reasonably believes to have committed an offence under any such written law to furnish evidence of the person’s identity;
(b)
require any person, for the purpose of any such written law, to furnish any information or produce any book, document or copy thereof in the possession of that person, and may, without fee or reward, inspect, copy or make extracts from the book or documents; and
(c)
when conducting any investigation under such written law require, by written order, the attendance before the officer or employee of any person being within the limits of Singapore who, from the information given or otherwise appears to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case, and the person so ordered must attend as so required.
(2) A person who —(a)
refuses to give access to, or assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays, an officer or employee of the Authority in the discharge of the officer’s or employee’s duties;
(b)
wilfully misstates or without lawful excuse refuses to give any information or without lawful excuse refuses to produce any book, document or copy thereof required of the person by an officer or employee of the Authority under subsection (1); or
(c)
fails to comply with a lawful demand of an officer or employee of the Authority in the discharge of his or her duties,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Preservation of secrecy
Open ↗28.—(1) A person (A) who is or has been a member, an officer, an employee or an agent of the Authority or a member of a committee of the Authority must not, except for the purpose of the performance of A’s duties or the exercise of A’s functions or when lawfully required to do so by any court or where required or allowed by the provisions of any written law, disclose any information relating to the affairs of the Authority or of any other person which has been obtained by A in the performance of A’s duties or the exercise of A’s functions.[5/2018]
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Offences committed by bodies corporate, etc.
Open ↗29. Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company, firm, society or other body of persons, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the authority, consent or connivance of any person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer or a partner of the company, firm, society or other body of persons or was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person shall also be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Composition of offences
Open ↗30.—(1) The Authority may compound any offence under this Act which is prescribed as a compoundable offence by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding $3,000.[5/2018]
(2) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded.
(3) All sums collected under this section must be paid to the Authority.
Regulations
Open ↗31. The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for or in respect of every purpose which is considered by the Authority necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Source: Singapore Statutes Online (Attorney-General's Chambers), © Government of Singapore.
