s 15E Expenses
15E.—(1) The following persons are responsible for any expenses incurred by the Director-General or any authorised officer for the seizure, detention, storage, housing, care, maintenance, testing, transport, repatriation or disposal of any seized item:(a) in the case where the item is a scheduled species which was brought into Singapore in contravention of this Act — the owner of the scheduled species and the person who brought the scheduled species, or caused the scheduled species to be brought, into Singapore (jointly and severally); (b) in the case where the item is a scheduled species which was being exported or re-exported from Singapore in contravention of this Act — the owner, and the exporter or re-exporter (as the case may be), of the scheduled species (jointly and severally); (c) in the case where the item is seized in connection with —(i) any scheduled species mentioned in paragraph (a) — the persons mentioned in that paragraph, jointly and severally; or (ii) any scheduled species mentioned in paragraph (b) — the persons mentioned in that paragraph, jointly and severally; (d) in any other case — the owner of the item. (2) If the amount of the expenses mentioned in subsection (1) is not paid by the person responsible for the expenses under that subsection within 14 days after demand, the amount may be reported to a Magistrate’s Court or a District Court and recovered in the same manner as if it were a fine imposed by a Magistrate’s Court or a District Court.[Act 21 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]