Regulations
Open ↗32.—(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations as may be necessary or expedient for giving effect to the provisions of this Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), regulations may be made to —(a)
prescribe the amount of fees to be paid on an application for the issue of a certificate under section 14(1);
(b)
provide for the cancellation and delivery up to the Director of a certificate issued under section 14(1);
(c)
provide for matters relating to the conversion of amounts mentioned in sections 7(3) and 28(5) from special drawing rights to such sums in Singapore dollars;
(d)
provide for any other matter which is required or authorised by any provision of this Act to be provided for by regulations; and
(e)
provide that any contravention or failure to comply with any of such regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both.
Director may authorise person to exercise powers and duties
Open ↗33. The powers conferred and the duties imposed on the Director under this Act and any regulations made under this Act may be exercised and carried out by any officer of the Authority generally or specially authorised by name or office by the Director and subject to the Director’s directions.
Power to board and search ship
Open ↗34.—(1) The Director may, where the Director has reason to believe that an offence has been committed under this Act or any regulations made under this Act —(a)
board and search any ship;
(b)
enter and search any premises; or
(c)
summon any person before the Director and require the person to answer questions,
and may carry out such inspection and examination as the Director may consider necessary and may seize any books, papers, documents or other things found in those places which may provide evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act or the regulations and may make copies of, or take extracts from, any such books, papers or documents.
(2) Any person who assaults, hinders, impedes or obstructs the Director in the performance of the Director’s duties under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), “Director” includes an officer of the Authority authorised by the Director to exercise any powers mentioned in subsection (1).
Court for trial of offences
Open ↗35. Any offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act may be tried by a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court and such Court, despite the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 and any other written law, has jurisdiction to impose the maximum penalty provided for by this Act or the regulations.
Offences committed by body corporate
Open ↗36. Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act and the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that director, manager, secretary, officer or person (as the case may be), as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Composition of offences
Open ↗37.—(1) The Director may compound any such offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act as may be prescribed as being an offence which may be compounded by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding $2,000.
(2) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations prescribing the offences which may be compounded.
Fines to be paid to Authority
Open ↗38. All fines imposed for any offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act and all sums collected under section 37 must be paid into the funds of the Authority.
Protection from personal liability
Open ↗39. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Director or any officer of the Authority or other person acting under the direction of the Director or the Authority for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in the execution or purported execution of this Act or any regulations made under this Act.
Source: Singapore Statutes Online (Attorney-General's Chambers), © Government of Singapore.
