s 25 Tourist guide badge
25.—(1) Upon granting or renewing a licence under section 23(4)(a), the Board must issue the licensee with a tourist guide badge representing that he or she is the holder of that licence.[7/2014] (2) A licensee must —(a) unless the Board otherwise allows, wear prominently on his or her person any tourist guide badge issued to the licensee that is not in an electronic form, at all times when he or she acts as a tourist guide; and[Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/01/2023] (b) produce his or her tourist guide badge for inspection upon being required to do so by the Board or an inspecting officer.[7/2014] (3) Subject to subsection (3A), a person issued with a tourist guide badge under this section that is not in an electronic form must surrender that badge to the Board immediately upon —(a) being required to do so for the purpose of enabling the Board to make any alteration to the badge that the Board considers appropriate; (b) the expiry, cancellation, revocation or suspension of his or her tourist guide licence in respect of which the badge was issued; or (c) ceasing to be employed as, or engage in the business or provision of services of, a tourist guide, even though he or she holds a valid tourist guide licence.[7/2014] [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/01/2023] (3A) The Board may, instead of requiring a tourist guide badge that is not issued in an electronic form to be surrendered under subsection (3)(b) or (c), require the person to whom the badge was issued to destroy the badge in the manner specified by the Board, and the person must comply with the requirement.[Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/01/2023] (4) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (3) or (3A) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $100 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.[7/2014] [Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/01/2023] (5) Any person issued with a tourist guide badge under this section who —(a) causes or permits his or her tourist guide badge to be in the possession of any other person; and (b) knows or ought reasonably to know that, or is reckless as to whether, the badge is or will be used by the other person in connection with identification or acting as a tourist guide, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000. [7/2014] (6) Any person who —(a) alters without lawful authority or forges a tourist guide badge; (b) sells a tourist guide badge or a false tourist guide badge; or (c) in connection with identification or acting as a tourist guide, uses or has in the person’s possession a tourist guide badge which is not issued to the person by the Board or a false tourist guide badge, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000. [7/2014] (6A) For the purposes of subsection (6)(b), where a tourist guide badge is issued in electronic form, a person sells the tourist guide badge if the person provides another person access to the tourist guide badge (in electronic form) for consideration.[Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/01/2023] (7) The reference to a tourist guide badge in subsection (5) includes a reference to a tourist guide badge in respect of an expired, or a cancelled, revoked or suspended, licence.[19F [7/2014]