Singapore legislation

Section 42

of National Environment Agency Act 2002

Section 42

Powers of enforcement, etc.

Amended by4/20164/20164/2016

(1)

In addition to the powers conferred on an officer or employee of the Agency by this Act or any environmental written law, the officer or employee may —

(a)

on declaration of the officer’s or employee’s office, and production of such identification card as the chief executive may direct to be carried by an officer or employee of the Agency —

(i)

require any person whom the officer or employee reasonably believes to have committed any offence under this Act or that environmental written law to provide evidence of that person’s identity;

(ii)

for the purposes of this Act or that environmental written law —

(A)

require any person to provide any information or produce any book, document or copy of a book or document in the possession of that person; and

(B)

without fee or reward inspect, copy or make extracts from that book, document or copy; and

(iii)

when conducting any investigation under this Act or that environmental written law, require, by order in writing, the attendance before the officer or employee of any person within the limits of Singapore who, from any information given or otherwise obtained by the officer or employee, appears to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case; and

(b)

photograph or otherwise record the scene of any offence under this Act or that environmental written law, and any thing or individual in the scene.

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(2)

Any person who —

(a)

refuses to give access to, or assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays, an officer or employee of the Agency in the discharge of the duties by such officer or employee under this Act or any environmental written law;

(b)

wilfully misstates or without lawful excuse refuses to give any information or produce any book, document or copy thereof required of him or her by an officer or employee of the Agency under subsection (1)(a); or

(c)

fails to comply with a lawful demand of an officer or employee of the Agency in the discharge of the duties by such officer or employee under this Act or any environmental written law,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

Amended by4/2016

(3)

In this section —

Amended by4/2016

Definition

“photograph” includes making a digital image or a moving visual record;

Definition

“scene”, in relation to an offence under this Act or any environmental written law, means —

(a)

any place or vehicle where the offence was committed, is reasonably suspected to have been committed, or is about to be committed; or

(b)

any place or vehicle associated with, or relevant to, the commission or suspected commission of the offence.

Amended by4/2016