s 10 Self-employed foreigners to apply for work passes
10.—(1) A foreigner must not be a self‑employed foreigner unless he or she has a valid work pass.[24/2012] (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall —(a) be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and (b) on a second or subsequent conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term of not less than one month and not more than 2 years and also be liable to a fine not exceeding $20,000.[24/2012] (3) For the purposes of this section —(a) to avoid doubt, where a person has been convicted of an offence under subsection (2), and the person has on a previous occasion been convicted for contravening section 10(1) of the Employment of Foreign Workers Act (Cap. 91A, 1997 Revised Edition) in force immediately before 1 July 2007 or section 10(1) of this Act in force immediately before 9 November 2012, the firstmentioned conviction shall be considered a second or subsequent conviction under subsection (2); and (b) all convictions against the same person for the contravention of subsection (1) at one and the same trial shall be deemed to be one conviction.[24/2012]