Supply of liquor to be licensed
4.—(1) Subject to this section, a person must not supply any liquor unless the person is authorised by a liquor licence to supply the liquor.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in the following circumstances:(a)
the delivery only to a person, at the request of that person, of liquor that is owned by, or ordered under a contract of purchase by, that person;
(b)
in an emergency where the liquor is necessary to preserve life or prevent injury or further injury;
(c)
in the course of a religious service, ceremony or rite lawfully conducted by a priest or minister of religion in a place of worship;
(d)
any other circumstances that the Minister, by order in the Gazette, specifies.
(3) Subject to section 16, a person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —(a)
to a fine not exceeding $20,000; and
(b)
where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.
Supply of liquor only at licensed premises
5.—(1) Where licensed premises are specified in the liquor licence of a licensee, the licensee must not supply any liquor except at those licensed premises.
(2) A licensee who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
Supply, etc., of liquor only during trading hours
6.—(1) A licensee must not do any of the following outside of the trading hours specified in the licensee’s liquor licence or applicable by an order under subsection (2):(a)
supply any liquor;
(b)
keep open, or cause or permit to be kept open, the licensed premises in connection with paragraph (a);
(c)
allow any liquor to be consumed within the licensed premises.
(2) The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, and without compensation, specify that different trading hours are to apply in place of the trading hours specified in the liquor licence of —(a)
any particular licensee described in that order; or
(b)
any class of licensees described in that order.
(3) An order mentioned in subsection (2) may —(a)
provide for the trading hours specified in the order to apply temporarily for a specific period or otherwise; and
(b)
provide for different trading hours to apply to different licensees or classes of licensees.
(4) A licensee who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
(5) To avoid doubt, the Minister need not give any licensee an opportunity to be heard before exercising any power under subsection (2).
Unlicensed person not to exhibit sign, etc.
7.—(1) A person must not display, or cause or permit to be displayed, any sign, writing, painting or other mark in or at any part of any premises for the purpose of falsely claiming, suggesting or implying that the premises are licensed premises, or that any liquor may be or is supplied at the premises, when those premises are not licensed premises.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
Source: Singapore Statutes Online (Attorney-General's Chambers), © Government of Singapore.
