s 39 Powers of enforcement
39.—(1) In addition to the powers conferred on him or her 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 specified in the Second Schedule —(a) require any person whom the officer or employee reasonably believes to have committed that offence to provide evidence of the person’s identity; (b) issue a written order to require any person to provide any information, book or document, or a copy or an extract thereof, which is —(i) in the possession of the person; (ii) within the knowledge of the person; or (iii) in the custody or under the control of the person, by the time specified in the order and in such form and manner and at such place as may be specified in the order; [Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026] (ba) in respect of any information, book or document, or a copy or an extract thereof, in the possession, within the knowledge, or in the custody or under the control of a company, issue a written order to require a director of the company to provide the information, book, document, copy or extract by the time specified in the order and in such form and manner and at such place as may be specified in the order;[Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026] (c) issue a written order to require 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;[Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026] (d) examine orally any person reasonably believed to be acquainted with the facts or circumstances of the case or with any other matter that the officer or employee specifies, and reduce into writing the answer given or statement made by that person; (e) take any photographs or video recordings, that the officer or employee thinks necessary, of the premises in which or in connection with which he or she reasonably believes an offence has been committed and the persons reasonably believed to be acquainted with the facts or circumstances of the case or with any other matter that the officer or employee specifies; and (f) require the owner or occupier of any premises in which or in connection with which the officer or employee of the Authority reasonably believes an offence has been committed to give the officer or employee access to such premises without charge for the purpose of investigating that offence.[18/2014] (1A) The power to issue a written order to a person under subsection (1)(b) or (ba) includes the power to issue a written order —(a) to require that person to produce or grant access to the information, book, document, copy or extract; (b) to inspect, make copies of or take extracts from the information, book or document, without fee or reward; (c) to require that person to provide an explanation of the information, book, document, copy or extract; (d) if the information, book, document, copy or extract is not provided, to require that person to state, to the best of that person’s knowledge and belief, where it is; and (e) if the information, book, document, copy or extract is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the information, book or document, copy or extract to be made available to the officer or employee of the Authority in legible form.[Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026] (1B) An officer or employee of the Authority is entitled without payment to keep any information, book or document, or any copy or extract thereof, provided to him or her pursuant to a requirement imposed by him or her under subsection (1)(b) or (ba).[Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026] (2) The person mentioned in subsection (1)(d) is bound to state truly what the person knows of the facts and circumstances with which the person is acquainted except that the person need not say anything that might expose the person to a criminal charge, penalty or forfeiture.[18/2014] (3) A statement made by the person referred to in subsection (2) must —(a) be reduced to writing; (b) be read over to the person; (c) if the person does not understand English, be interpreted in a language that the person understands; and (d) after correction, if necessary, be signed by the person.[18/2014] (4) An officer or employee of the Authority when exercising any power under this Act must declare his or her office and must produce to the person against whom he or she is acting such identification card as the Chief Executive may direct to be carried by officers or employees of the Authority.[18/2014] (5) An officer or employee of the Authority may also, in relation to an investigation into —(a) a breach of a condition of registration of a registered corporate service provider or registered qualified individual under the Corporate Service Providers Act 2024; or (b) a contravention of or a failure to comply with any provision of that Act, the contravention of or non‑compliance with which is not an offence under that Act, exercise the powers under subsection (1) in the same manner as if the breach, contravention or non‑compliance were an offence under this Act. [Act 22 of 2024 wef 09/06/2025] (6) 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 such officer or employee of the Authority under this Act or that written law; (b) wilfully misstates or without lawful excuse refuses to give any information or produce any book, document, copy or extract required of the person by an officer or employee of the Authority under subsection (1) or (5); or[Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026] (c) fails to comply with a lawful demand of an officer or employee of the Authority in the discharge by such officer or employee of his or her duties under this Act or that 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 2 years or to both. [31 [18/2014] (7) No liability shall lie against a person who, in good faith and with reasonable care, does or omits to do anything in complying with any written order issued under subsection (1)(b) or (ba).[Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026]