Singapore legislation
Section 25
Section 25
Tourist guide badge
(1)
Upon granting or renewing a licence under section 23(4)(a), the Board must issue the licensee with a tourist guide badge representing that he or she is the holder of that licence.
(2)
A licensee must —
wear his or her tourist guide badge prominently on his or her person at all times when he or she acts as a tourist guide; and
produce his or her tourist guide badge for inspection upon being required to do so by the Board or an inspecting officer.
(3)
A person issued with a tourist guide badge under this section must surrender his or her badge to the Board immediately upon —
being required to do so for the purpose of enabling the Board to make any alteration to the badge that the Board considers appropriate;
the expiry, cancellation, revocation or suspension of his or her tourist guide licence in respect of which the badge was issued; or
ceasing to be employed as, or engage in the business or provision of services of, a tourist guide, even though he or she holds a valid tourist guide licence.
(4)
Any person who fails to comply with subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 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.
(5)
Any person issued with a tourist guide badge under this section who —
causes or permits his or her tourist guide badge to be in the possession of any other person; and
knows or ought reasonably to know that, or is reckless as to whether, the badge is or will be used by the other person in connection with identification or acting as a tourist guide,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
(6)
Any person who —
alters without lawful authority or forges a tourist guide badge;
sells a tourist guide badge or a false tourist guide badge; or
in connection with identification or acting as a tourist guide, uses or has in the person’s possession a tourist guide badge which is not issued to the person by the Board or a false tourist guide badge,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
(7)
The reference to a tourist guide badge in subsection (5) includes a reference to a tourist guide badge in respect of an expired, or a cancelled, revoked or suspended, licence.[19F