Singapore legislation

Section 33

of Miscellaneous Offences(Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906

Section 33

Touting in public offices

(1)

Any person who in any public office, or in the vicinity thereof, solicits to offer or loiters for the purpose of offering in connection with the public office his or her services to any one or more persons having business at that public office or any other public office (whether or not the services so offered relate to the business) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply to —

(a)

any officer specifically appointed to advise the public on the business carried on in a public office; and

(b)

any person who is licensed under any written law or is otherwise authorised to act as a petition writer.

(3)

In this section, “public office” means any court and Government office or department.

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