s 80K Financial penalty
80K.—(1) Without prejudice to section 80J, where a cleaning business licensee fails to comply with any condition of its cleaning business licence including any modification to any condition made by the Director‑General under section 80H(10), the Director‑General may, in lieu of or in addition to the revocation or suspension of its cleaning business licence or imposition of directions or restrictions on the cleaning business licensee’s cleaning business under section 80J, impose a financial penalty of an amount, not exceeding $5,000, that the Director‑General thinks fit.[15/2014] [Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023] (2) The Director‑General must not exercise his or her powers under subsection (1) in relation to a cleaning business licensee for failing to comply with the licence condition mentioned in section 80H(1)(b) unless the Director‑General has first consulted the Commissioner for Labour.[15/2014] [Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023] (3) Any cleaning business licensee or former cleaning business licensee who is aggrieved by the imposition of any financial penalty by the Director‑General under subsection (1) may, within 14 days after the notice of the imposition has been served on the cleaning business licensee or former cleaning business licensee, appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.[15/2014] [Act 5 of 2023 wef 01/07/2023] (4) Any financial penalty imposed on any person under this section —(a) must be collected, and may be sued for and recovered, by the Agency; (b) is deemed to be a debt due to the Government for the purposes of section 397 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 and section 10 of the Government Proceedings Act 1956; and (c) must be paid into the Consolidated Fund upon collection or recovery, and that person’s liability to pay is not affected by its cleaning business licence ceasing, for any reason, to be in force. [15/2014; 40/2018] (5) The Director‑General may, in any case in which he or she thinks fit, waive, remit or refund in whole or in part any financial penalty imposed under this section.[15/2014] (6) In any proceedings for the recovery of any financial penalty which any person is liable to pay, a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Director‑General certifying the amount of the financial penalty that is payable by the person is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.[15/2014]