Singapore legislation
Section 28
Section 28
Suspension, revocation or cancellation of licence
(1)
The Board may, at any time, suspend for a period not exceeding 6 months or a longer period that is prescribed in substitution, or revoke, a tourist guide licence if the licensee —
provides or causes to be provided to the Board or any inspecting officer any information (including information in connection with his or her application for or renewal of a licence) which is false or misleading in any material particular;
refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any requirement of the Board or an inspecting officer under section 27(1);
contravenes any provision of this Act or any regulations made under this Act;
contravenes any condition of his or her licence;
has committed any offence under any written law punishable with a term of imprisonment exceeding one month;
ceases to be, in the opinion of the Board, a fit and proper person; or
is incapable, by reason of illness, infirmity or any other cause, of acting as a tourist guide.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), in the case where a licensee —
refuses or fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any requirement of the Board or an inspecting officer under section 27(1);
contravenes any provision of this Act or any regulations made under this Act; or
contravenes any condition of his or her licence,the Board may, instead of suspending or revoking his or her licence under subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d) (as the case may be) require the licensee to pay a financial penalty of an amount not exceeding $1,000, by a date that the Board may determine.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of any contravention which is prescribed to be an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act.
(4)
The Board must, before suspending or revoking a licence under subsection (1) or imposing a financial penalty under subsection (2), give the licensee written notice of its intention to do so and an opportunity to submit reasons, within the period that the Board may specify in that notice, as to why his or her licence should not be suspended or revoked or the financial penalty should not be imposed.
(5)
Any decision of the Board to suspend or revoke a licence, or require the payment of a financial penalty, under this section does not take effect until —
the expiry of the period allowed under section 29 for the licensee to appeal to the Minister against the decision; or
the determination or rejection of the appeal by the Minister or his or her designate under section 29,whichever is the later.
(6)
The Board may cancel a tourist guide licence at the request of the licensee.[19I