Singapore legislation
Section 6
Section 6
Requirement for licence
(1)
No person shall carry on an employment agency unless the person is the holder of a licence from the Commissioner authorising the person to carry on such an agency.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), no person shall perform any work or activity in Singapore —
for or in connection with the employment of one or more persons in any capacity, whether or not those persons are to be employed within or outside Singapore; and
on his own behalf or on behalf of an employment agency which is carried on outside Singapore,unless he is the holder of a licence from the Commissioner authorising him to perform such work or activity.
(3)
Subsection (2) shall not apply in relation to —
any person who is the holder of a licence referred to in subsection (1);
any person who performs such work or activity referred to in subsection (2) in his capacity as an employment agency personnel and who is registered under section 12A; or
any person who performs such work or activity referred to in subsection (2) for the sole purpose of recruiting persons for employment on his own behalf.
(4)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
to a fine not exceeding $80,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and
in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $160,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years or to both.