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Resource Sustainability Act 2019 s 18

s 18 Keeping of records

18.—(1) A registered producer of any regulated product must keep and maintain complete and accurate records of —(a) the weight and number of all regulated products the producer has supplied in Singapore; and (b) if the registered producer supplies regulated non‑consumer products, the weight and number of all regulated non‑consumer products the producer has collected under section 13 and how the regulated non‑consumer products are handled or disposed of (as waste or otherwise). (2) A registered producer mentioned in subsection (1) must —(a) retain the records mentioned in subsection (1) for the prescribed period or longer; (b) during the prescribed period, make available for inspection by any authorised officer, the records mentioned in subsection (1) when so requested by any authorised officer; and (c) give to the Agency the records mentioned in subsection (1), and such other record, document or information relevant to monitoring or evaluating compliance with this Act as the Agency may require, in the time specified by the Agency. (3) A registered producer who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —(a) to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both; and (b) in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction. (4) In a prosecution for an offence under subsection (3), it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the defendant intended to commit the offence. (5) The offence under subsection (3) is a strict liability offence.

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