Singapore legislation
Section 30
Section 30
General powers to call for information as to goods
(1)
The Director‑General may require the following persons to produce any document and furnish any information the Director‑General considers necessary for the effective exercise of the Director‑General’s powers and performance of the Director‑General’s duties under this Act or any regulations made under this Act:
any person by or on whose behalf goods have been, or are in the course of being, or are about to be —
imported, exported, carried coastwise, shipped as ships’ stores, carried as aircraft stores, or transhipped; or
brought in transit through Singapore on board a vessel and a requirement to inspect goods on board the vessel is imposed pursuant to any written law giving effect to any relevant decision of the United Nations Security Council;
any person who is or has been concerned or interested in those goods or in their import, export, carriage coastwise, shipment as ships’ stores, carriage as aircraft stores, transhipment, or transit through Singapore.
(2)
Any such requisition under subsection (1) may be made verbally or in writing or by an electronic notice served on the person to whom it is addressed.
(3)
Every person required to produce any document or furnish any information must produce the document or furnish the information in such form and manner and within such time as may be specified in the requisition or if no time is so stated within a reasonable time.
(4)
Any person who, without lawful excuse, fails to comply with any requisition under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(5)
Any information given in compliance with this section may be admissible in evidence as proof against the person giving the information or the person’s principal in any prosecution, even though it may tend to incriminate one or the other.