s 35A Power to obtain information
35A.—(1) The Board or any officer authorised for purposes of this section (called in this section an authorised officer) may by written notice require any person (whether within or outside Singapore) to provide within a reasonable period specified in the notice, all information and documents (including information and documents comprising or containing personal data of any individual in or intending to visit Singapore) that are within the knowledge of that person or in that person’s custody or under that person’s control, relating to any matter reasonably required by the Board to carry out the functions or duties assigned to the Board by or under this Act. (2) The power to require a person to provide any information or document under subsection (1) includes the power —(a) to require that person, or any person who is or was an officer or employee of the person, to provide an explanation of the information or document; (b) if the information or document is not provided, to require that person to state, to the best of the person’s knowledge and belief, where it is; and (c) if the information is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the information to be made available to the Board or an authorised officer in legible form. (3) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a written notice under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 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. (4) The Board is entitled without payment to keep any information or document, or any copy or extract thereof, provided to the Board or an authorised officer under subsection (1) or obtained under subsection (2).[Act 28 of 2022 wef 01/01/2023]