Singapore legislation

Section 62

of Education Act 1957

Section 62

Penalties

Amended by8/97

(1)

Any person who —

(a)

acts as manager of or teacher in a school which is not registered or exempted from registration under section 3;

(b)

in making an application under this Act for the registration of a school or for registration as manager or teacher or for authority to employ an unregistered teacher, makes any false statement which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true or which he makes recklessly or, by the intentional suppression of any material fact, furnishes information which is misleading;

(c)

obstructs or impedes the Director‑General or any officer lawfully carrying out an inspection of a registered school in the lawful exercise of any of his powers under this Act;

(d)

in contravention of section 53 refuses to produce any document or refuses to furnish any information or furnishes any information which is false in a material particular and which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true;

(e)

acts as a manager of a school without having been registered as a manager, or as a teacher without having been registered as a teacher or given authority or permission to teach as an unregistered teacher; or

(f)

except as provided for in section 49 continues to act as the supervisor or manager of a school or as a teacher in a school which is carried on after the Director‑General has issued a notice under section 48 cancelling its registration,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 one year or to both.

Amended by8/97

(2)

Any person guilty of an offence under this Act or against the regulations made thereunder for which no other penalty is specifically provided, shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 for a first offence or $1,000 for a second or subsequent offence under this Act, and if he is a manager or teacher convicted of an offence under section 20 or 23(3), shall be liable to a further fine not exceeding $100 for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.

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