Singapore legislation
Section 80E
Section 80E
Offence to engage unlicensed persons
(1)
Where —
a person (A) enters into or renews any contract (other than a contract of service) with another person (B) for cleaning work to be performed by cleaners engaged or employed by B on premises or any public place owned, occupied or managed by A; and
B does not hold a valid cleaning business licence as required by section 80D,then, whether or not any criminal proceedings are instituted against B, A shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(2)
In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it is a defence for A to prove, on a balance of probabilities, that A did not know and could not reasonably have been expected to know that B did not hold a valid cleaning business licence as required by section 80D.