§ 66 — Suspension or revocation, etc., of licence or class licence

66.—(1) Subject to section 68, if a Licensing Officer is satisfied that —(a)

a licensee or class licensee is contravening or not complying with, or has contravened or failed to comply with —(i)

any of the conditions of its licence or, in the case of a class licensee, any condition of its class licence;

(ii)

any provision of a standard applicable to the licensee or class licensee; or

(iii)

any direction or order given to the licensee or class licensee under subsection (2)(b) or (e) or section 63;

(b)

the licensee or class licensee has gone or is likely to go into compulsory or voluntary liquidation other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction;

(c)

the licensee or class licensee has made any assignment to, or composition with, its creditors or if a corporation, is unable to pay its debts;

(d)

the licensee or class licensee is not carrying on the regulated activity authorised by its licence or class licence in a safe or secure manner;

(e)

the regulated activity authorised by the licence or class licence involves a gun or gun accessory, an explosive or a weapon that has become a prohibited gun, prohibited gun accessory, prohibited explosive or prohibited weapon;

(f)

the licensee or class licensee, or a responsible executive, representative staff or special worker of the licensee or class licensee, is convicted of —(i)

any offence under this Act; or

(ii)

any offence under the Arms Offences Act or the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act,

committed during the term of the licence or class licence, as the case may be;

(g)

the licence had been obtained by the licensee by fraud or misrepresentation;

(h)

the licensee’s security clearance is not in force, or none of the responsible executives of the licensee or none of the close associates of the licensee has a security clearance that is in force; or

(i)

the public interest or national security of Singapore requires,

the Licensing Officer may revoke (without any compensation) the licensee’s licence, or disapply the class licence with respect to that class licensee.

(2) However, a Licensing Officer may, in lieu of revoking a licensee’s licence or disapplying a class licence with respect to a class licensee under subsection (1), do (without compensation) any one or more of the following:(a)

censure the licensee or class licensee in writing;

(b)

direct the licensee or class licensee to do, or to refrain from doing, such things as are specified in a direction to rectify any contravention or non‑compliance mentioned in subsection (1)(a);

(c)

suspend the licence or the application of the class licence (as the case may be) for not more than 6 months;

(d)

modify any condition of the licence; and section 54(2), (3) and (4) does not apply to or in relation to the modification to the condition of the licence;

(e)

order the reduction of the maximum or an increase of the minimum number or quantity, or both, of guns, major parts of a gun, gun accessories, explosives, explosive precursors, weapons or noxious substances which the licensee, during the validity period of the licence or any part of that period may involve when carrying on the regulated activity.

(3) In taking any regulatory action under this section in relation to the conviction of a licensee or any person for a criminal offence, the Licensing Officer may accept the licensee’s or person’s conviction as final.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), a corporation is unable to pay its debts if it is a corporation which is deemed to be so unable under section 125(2) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (Act 40 of 2018).

—(1) Subject to section 68, if a Licensing Officer is satisfied that —(a)

a licensee or class licensee is contravening or not complying with, or has contravened or failed to comply with —(i)

any of the conditions of its licence or, in the case of a class licensee, any condition of its class licence;

(ii)

any provision of a standard applicable to the licensee or class licensee; or

(iii)

any direction or order given to the licensee or class licensee under subsection (2)(b) or (e) or section 63;

(b)

the licensee or class licensee has gone or is likely to go into compulsory or voluntary liquidation other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction;

(c)

the licensee or class licensee has made any assignment to, or composition with, its creditors or if a corporation, is unable to pay its debts;

(d)

the licensee or class licensee is not carrying on the regulated activity authorised by its licence or class licence in a safe or secure manner;

(e)

the regulated activity authorised by the licence or class licence involves a gun or gun accessory, an explosive or a weapon that has become a prohibited gun, prohibited gun accessory, prohibited explosive or prohibited weapon;

(f)

the licensee or class licensee, or a responsible executive, representative staff or special worker of the licensee or class licensee, is convicted of —(i)

any offence under this Act; or

(ii)

any offence under the Arms Offences Act or the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act,

committed during the term of the licence or class licence, as the case may be;

(g)

the licence had been obtained by the licensee by fraud or misrepresentation;

(h)

the licensee’s security clearance is not in force, or none of the responsible executives of the licensee or none of the close associates of the licensee has a security clearance that is in force; or

(i)

the public interest or national security of Singapore requires,

the Licensing Officer may revoke (without any compensation) the licensee’s licence, or disapply the class licence with respect to that class licensee.

(2) However, a Licensing Officer may, in lieu of revoking a licensee’s licence or disapplying a class licence with respect to a class licensee under subsection (1), do (without compensation) any one or more of the following:(a)

censure the licensee or class licensee in writing;

(b)

direct the licensee or class licensee to do, or to refrain from doing, such things as are specified in a direction to rectify any contravention or non‑compliance mentioned in subsection (1)(a);

(c)

suspend the licence or the application of the class licence (as the case may be) for not more than 6 months;

(d)

modify any condition of the licence; and section 54(2), (3) and (4) does not apply to or in relation to the modification to the condition of the licence;

(e)

order the reduction of the maximum or an increase of the minimum number or quantity, or both, of guns, major parts of a gun, gun accessories, explosives, explosive precursors, weapons or noxious substances which the licensee, during the validity period of the licence or any part of that period may involve when carrying on the regulated activity.

(3) In taking any regulatory action under this section in relation to the conviction of a licensee or any person for a criminal offence, the Licensing Officer may accept the licensee’s or person’s conviction as final.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), a corporation is unable to pay its debts if it is a corporation which is deemed to be so unable under section 125(2) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (Act 40 of 2018).