Singapore legislation
Section 4
Section 4
Prohibition on sale, transport, delivery, distribution or import of dangerous fireworks
(1)
A person must not sell, transport, send, deliver, distribute or import any dangerous fireworks.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not less than 6 months and not more than 2 years and shall also, subject to sections 325(1) and 330(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, be punished with caning with not more than 6 strokes.
(3)
When any offence under subsection (1) committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of —
any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate; or
any person purporting to act in any such capacity,he or she as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against accordingly.
(4)
Where any dangerous fireworks is found in any business premises or in any vehicle used for the purposes of such business, it is presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the dangerous fireworks is for sale, transport, delivery or distribution by the owner of the business.
(5)
For the purposes of subsection (4), “business premises” means a shop or a building, or part of a shop or building, where retail or wholesale trading is carried on.
(6)
Section 3(2) applies to subsection (1) as it applies to section 3(1).