Singapore legislation
Section 53
Section 53
Power to enforce
(1)
The Registrar or an officer of the Authority may —
require a limited liability partnership to which this Part applies to produce its register and any other document relating to that register or the keeping of that register;
inspect, examine and make copies of the register and any document so produced; and
make any inquiry that may be necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of this Part are complied with.
(2)
Where any register or document mentioned in subsection (1) is kept in electronic form —
the power of the Registrar or an officer of the Authority in subsection (1)(a) to require the register or any document to be produced includes the power to require a copy of the register or document to be made available in legible form and subsection (1)(b) applies accordingly in relation to any copy so made available; and
the power of the Registrar or an officer of the Authority under subsection (1)(b) to inspect the register or any document includes the power to require any person on the premises in question to give the Registrar or the officer of the Authority any assistance that the Registrar or officer may reasonably require to enable the Registrar or officer to inspect and make copies of the register or document in legible form, and to make records of the information contained in them.
(3)
The powers conferred on the Registrar or an officer of the Authority under subsections (1) and (2) may be exercised by a public agency to enable the public agency to administer or enforce any written law.
(4)
Any person who fails to comply with any requirement imposed under subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
(5)
This section applies in addition to any power of the Registrar or an inspector under section 77 or 78.
(6)
In this section, “public agency” means a public officer, an Organ of State or a ministry or department of the Government, or a public authority established by or under any public Act for a public purpose or a member, an officer or an employee, or any department, of the public authority.[32L