Symbol or representation of Authority
30.—(1) The Authority has the exclusive right to the use of any symbol or representation that the Authority may select or devise and to display or exhibit the symbol or representation in connection with its activities or affairs.
(2) Any person who uses a symbol or representation identical with that of the Authority or which so resembles the Authority’s symbol or representation as to deceive or cause confusion, or to be likely to deceive or cause confusion, 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 or to both.
Powers of enforcement
31.—(1) In addition to the powers conferred by this Act or any other written law, an officer or employee of the Authority may, in relation to any offence under this Act or any written law set out in the Third Schedule, on declaration of his or her office and production to the person against whom he or she is acting of the identification card directed by the Chief Executive to be carried by officers or employees of the Authority —(a)
require any person whom the officer or employee reasonably believes to have committed that offence to furnish evidence of the person’s identity;
(b)
require any person 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 such book or document; and
(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.
(2) Any 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 duties by that officer or employee under this Act or that other written law;
(b)
wilfully misstates or without lawful excuse refuses to give any information or 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 the duties by that officer or employee under this Act or that other written law,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
Offences committed by bodies corporate, etc.
32.—(1) Where an offence under this Act which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or any similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he or she, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with the member’s functions or management as if the member were a director of the body corporate.
(3) Proceedings for an offence under this Act alleged to have been committed by a partnership must be brought in the name of the partnership and not in that of the partners; but without affecting any liability of the partners under subsection (5).
(4) A fine imposed on a partnership on its conviction in such proceedings must be paid out of the partnership assets.
(5) Where a partnership is guilty of an offence under this Act, every partner, other than a partner who is proved to have been ignorant of or to have attempted to prevent the commission of the offence, is also guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Composition of offences
33.—(1) The Chief Executive or any officer authorised by the Chief Executive 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 $1,000.
(2) On payment of the sum, no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.
(3) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.[Act 42 of 2022 wef 01/11/2024]
Proceedings conducted by officers of Authority
34.—(1) Proceedings in respect of an offence under this Act or under any written law set out in the Third Schedule may, with the authorisation of the Public Prosecutor, be conducted by an officer of the Authority who is authorised in writing in that behalf by the Chief Executive.[15/2010]
(2) Despite any written law, a legal officer of the Authority who has been admitted as an advocate and solicitor under the Legal Profession Act 1966 may —(a)
appear in any civil proceedings involving the Authority or any Registrar in the performance of the Registrar’s functions or duties under any written law so specified; and
(b)
make and do all acts and applications in respect of such proceedings on behalf of the Authority or any Registrar, as the case may be.
(3) [Deleted by Act 42 of 2022 wef 01/11/2024]
(4) The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, amend the Third Schedule.
(5) For the purposes of this section, “Registrar” means —(a)
the Registrar of Titles appointed under the Land Titles Act 1993;
(b)
the Registrar of Deeds appointed under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988; or
(c)
the Controller of Residential Property appointed under the Residential Property Act 1976.
Preservation of secrecy
35.—(1) Except for the purpose of the performance of his or her duties or the exercise of his or her functions or when lawfully required to do so by any court or where required or allowed by any written law, a person who is or has been a member, an officer, employee or an agent of the Authority or a member of a committee of the Authority must not disclose any information or matter relating to the affairs of the Authority or of any other person which has been obtained by the person in the performance of the person’s duties or the exercise of the person’s functions.[5/2018]
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) 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 12 months or to both.
Rules
36.—(1) The Authority may make rules for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Authority may make rules for or with respect to all or any of the following matters:(a)
the manner of appointment, conduct and discipline and the terms and conditions of service of the employees of the Authority;
(b)
the establishment of funds for the payment of gratuities and other benefits to employees of the Authority.
References in other written law
37.—(1) Where in any written law reference is made to the Land Office, the Survey Department or the Singapore Land Registry, the reference is to be read as a reference to the Authority.
(2) The Registry of Deeds mentioned in the Registration of Deeds Act 1988 and the Land Titles Registry mentioned in the Land Titles Act 1993 are transferred to the Authority and all references in any written law to the Registry of Deeds or the Land Titles Registry are to be read as references to the Registry of Deeds or the Land Titles Registry (as the case may be) of the Authority.
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