Singapore legislation
Section 20
Section 20
Interpretation of this Part
(1)
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —
Definition
“code of practice” includes a standard of performance;
Definition
“false tourist guide badge” means —
a forged tourist guide badge;
a tourist guide badge altered without lawful authority; or
a tourist guide badge in respect of an expired, or a cancelled, revoked or suspended, licence;
Definition
“guiding services”, in relation to a tourist, includes providing any direction, information, description or explanation to the tourist while accompanying the tourist in or to a place or point of interest in Singapore;
Definition
“licence” or “tourist guide licence” means a licence granted or renewed under section 23(4)(a);
Definition
“licensee” means a person who is granted a licence, or whose licence is renewed, under section 23(4)(a);
Definition
“omnibus” means a bus which is on a scheduled service with passengers being charged separate and distinct fares, and in respect of which a public service vehicle licence is in force under Part 5 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 to use the bus as an omnibus;
Definition
“tourist” means an individual who visits Singapore for recreation, pleasure, business or any other purpose, but does not include —
a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore;
an individual to whom a work pass is issued under section 7 of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990;
an individual to whom a dependant’s pass, student’s pass or special pass is issued under regulation 11, 14 or 15, respectively, of the Immigration Regulations;
an individual to whom a visit pass valid for more than 90 days is issued under regulation 12 of the Immigration Regulations; or
an individual to whom any other pass, that the Minister may by order in the Gazette specify, is issued under the Immigration Act 1959 or any regulations made under that Act;
Definition
“tourist guide” means an individual who personally provides any guiding services to a tourist for remuneration;
Definition
“tourist guide badge” means a badge issued to a licensee under section 25(1);
Definition
“unlicensed tourist guide” means a tourist guide who does not hold a valid tourist guide licence and who is not exempt from section 21(1) by reason of section 21(2) or under section 43.
(2)
For the purposes of the definition of “tourist guide”, an individual provides guiding services to a tourist for remuneration if the individual receives or reasonably expects to receive any payment for providing the guiding services, regardless of who makes or is liable to make the payment or where or when the payment is or will be made.
(3)
For the purposes of the definition of “unlicensed tourist guide” and section 21(1), a person whose tourist guide licence is suspended is, while the suspension is in force, deemed to be a person who does not hold a valid tourist guide licence.[19A