Singapore legislation
Section 36
Section 36
Inspectors
(1)
The Board may appoint one or more public officers as inspectors to investigate the commission of an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act.
(2)
In any case relating to the commission of an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act, an inspector has the power to do all or any of the following:
to require any person whom the inspector has reason to believe has any article, document or information relevant to the carrying out of the provisions of this Act or the regulations made under this Act, to produce any such article or document, or give such information, and to retain such article or document, or make copies of such article or document;
to examine orally any person supposed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances relevant to the carrying out of the provisions of this Act or the regulations made under this Act, and to reduce into writing the answer given or statement made by that person who is bound to state truly the facts and circumstances with which that person is acquainted, and the statement made by that person must be read over to that person and must, after correction, be signed by that person;
to require by written order the attendance before the inspector of any person who, from information given or otherwise, appears to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances relevant to the carrying out of the provisions of this Act or the regulations made under this Act.
(3)
An inspector may apply to a Magistrate for a search warrant if the inspector has reasonable cause to believe that evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act can be found in any premises; and the Magistrate may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue the warrant.
(4)
A search warrant issued under subsection (3) authorises the inspector to whom it is directed to enter and search the premises referred to in the warrant and to seize any thing found on the premises which the inspector reasonably believes is evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act.
(5)
Any person who —
intentionally offers any resistance to or wilfully delays an inspector in the exercise of any power under subsection (2) or pursuant to a search warrant issued under subsection (3); or
fails to comply with any requisition or order of an inspector under subsection (2),shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.