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Obstruction
107. Any person who obstructs any officer of the Board, or any person duly authorised by the Board in that behalf, in the performance of any thing which the Board is by this Act required or empowered to do 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 6 months.[79 [13/2015]
Employee of Board may require evidence of identity in certain cases
108.—(1) In addition to the powers conferred on him or her by this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, an officer or employee of the Board may, in relation to any offence under this Act or such subsidiary legislation, on declaration of his or her office and production to the person against whom he or she is acting such identification card as the Chief Executive Officer may direct to be carried by officers or employees of the Board —(a) require any person whom he or she reasonably believes to have committed that offence to provide evidence of the person’s identity; (b) require any person to provide any information or produce any book, document or other record or a copy thereof in the possession of that person, and may, without fee or reward, inspect, make copies of or take extracts from the book, document or other record; or (c) require, by written order, the attendance before the officer or employee of any person within the limits of Singapore who, from any information given or otherwise obtained by the officer or employee, appears to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case.[29/2005] (2) Where any record mentioned in subsection (1)(b) is kept in electronic form, then —(a) the power of an officer or employee of the Board under subsection (1) to require the record to be produced for inspection includes power to require a copy of the record to be made available for inspection in legible form; and (b) the power of any officer or employee of the Board under subsection (1) to inspect the record includes power to require any person in question to give the officer or employee such assistance as he or she may reasonably require to enable him or her —(i) to inspect and make copies of the record in legible form or to make a record of information contained in that record; 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 that record.[29/2005] (3) Any person who —(a) refuses to give access to, or assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays, an officer or employee of the Board in the discharge of the officer’s or employee’s duties under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act; (b) wilfully misstates or without lawful excuse refuses to give any information or produce any book, document or other record or a copy thereof required of the person by an officer or employee of the Board under subsection (1); or (c) fails to comply with a lawful demand of an officer or employee of the Board in the discharge of the officer’s or employee’s duties under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both. [29/2005] (4) Any Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988 or —(a) any member of the Town Council or of any committee of the Town Council appointed under section 45 of that Act; or (b) any employee of the Town Council, to whom the Board has delegated any of its powers under section 35(6) who reasonably believes that any person has committed an offence under any rules made under this Act within the Town of the Town Council, may, subject to the production of his or her authority when requested, require the person to provide evidence of the person’s identity, and that person must thereupon provide such evidence of the person’s identity as may be so required. (5) Any person who refuses to provide any information required of the person by any police officer, employee of the Board or person referred to in subsection (4), or wilfully misstates such information, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.[80
Fines and financial penalties payable to Consolidated Fund, etc.
109.—(1) All fines and financial penalties paid or recovered under this Act or any rules made under this Act are to be paid into the Consolidated Fund.[13/2015] (2) All members, officers and employees of the Board, in relation to their administration, assessment, collection or enforcement of payment of composition sums or financial penalties, are deemed to be public officers for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act 1966, and section 20 of that Act applies to such persons even though they are not or were not in the employment of the Government.[81 [13/2015]
Conduct of prosecutions
110. Proceedings in respect of any offence under this Act may, with the authorisation of the Public Prosecutor, be conducted by any officer of the Board or any other person authorised in writing in that behalf by the Chairperson.[82 [15/2010]
Service of documents
111.—(1) A document that is permitted or required by this Act to be served on a person may be served as described in this section. (2) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on an individual may be served —(a) by giving it to the individual personally; (b) by sending it by prepaid registered post to the address specified by the individual for the service of documents or, if no address is so specified, the individual’s residential address or business address; (c) by leaving it at the individual’s residential address with an adult apparently resident there, or at the individual’s business address with an adult apparently employed there; (d) by affixing a copy of the document in a conspicuous place at the individual’s residential address or business address; or (e) by sending it by fax to the fax number last known to the person giving or serving the document as the fax number for the service of documents on the individual. (3) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) may be served —(a) by giving it to any partner, secretary or other similar officer of the partnership; (b) by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the partnership’s business address; or (c) by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the partnership’s business address. (4) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership) or an unincorporated association may be served —(a) by giving it to the secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or unincorporated association, or the limited liability partnership’s manager; (b) by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the registered office or principal office in Singapore of the body corporate or unincorporated association; or (c) by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the registered office or principal office in Singapore of the body corporate or unincorporated association. (5) In addition to subsections (2), (3) and (4) but subject to subsections (6) and (7), a document permitted or required by this Act to be served on an individual, a partnership, a body corporate or an unincorporated association may be served by sending it by email to the last email address of the individual, partnership, body corporate or unincorporated association, as the case may be. (6) Subsection (5) does not apply to a summons, or a document under section 50, 59, 63, 66, 68 or 82(4). (7) Service of any document under this Act on a person by email may be effected only with the person’s prior consent (express or implied) to service in that way. (8) Service of a document takes effect —(a) if the document is sent by fax and a notification of successful transmission is received, on the day of transmission; (b) if the document is sent by email, at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person to whom it is sent; or (c) if the document is sent by prepaid registered post, 2 days after the day the document was posted (even if it is returned undelivered). (9) This section does not apply to —(a) a document to be served in proceedings in court; or (b) a notice under sections 15(1), 63(3) (where the notice is to be served on an owner, or an interested person, who is deceased) and 69(1). (10) In this section —“Act” includes any subsidiary legislation made under this Act; “business address” means —(a) in the case of an individual, the individual’s usual or last known place of business, or place of employment, in Singapore; or (b) in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), the partnership’s principal or last known place of business in Singapore; “document” includes a notice or an order permitted or required by this Act to be served; “last email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving or serving the document as the email address for the service of documents under this Act; “residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore.[Act 2 of 2023 wef 28/05/2025]
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