Singapore legislation
Section 25
Section 25
Powers of inspector with respect to certain documents
(1)
An inspector, subject to the production if so requested of his or her authority in writing, may require the person in charge of any document required by this Act to be associated with any goods to produce that document for inspection.
(2)
If the inspector has reasonable cause to believe that any document produced to him or her under subsection (1) contains any inaccurate statement, the inspector may either —
seize and detain the document, giving in exchange for the document a copy of the document with an endorsement signed by him or her certifying that the original has been seized and giving particulars of any inaccuracy alleged; or
without prejudice to any proceedings which may be taken by reason of any inaccuracy alleged, make on the document an endorsement signed by him or her giving particulars of any such inaccuracy,and, save where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any such document is deemed to include a reference to a copy of such document given pursuant to paragraph (a).
(3)
Where, in the case of any goods being carried on a road vehicle, the whole of the vehicle’s load is being carried for, or for delivery after sale to the same person, and any document produced pursuant to subsection (1) by the person in charge of the vehicle purports, or is required by this Act, to state the quantity of the goods, then, for the purpose of the exercise of his or her powers under section 24(1), the inspector may do all or any of the following things:
require the goods to which the document relates to be unloaded from the vehicle;
require the vehicle to be taken to the nearest suitable and available weighing or measuring instrument;
require the person in charge of the vehicle to have it check‑weighed:Provided that the powers conferred by this subsection are to be exercised only to the extent that appears to the inspector reasonably necessary in order to secure that the provisions of this Act and any subsidiary legislation made under this Act are duly observed.