Singapore legislation
Section 35
Section 35
Unlicensed private investigation agency, unlicensed security agency and unlicensed security service provider not to recover fees, etc.
Any person who provides any service of —
(a)
a private investigator;
(b)
a private investigation agency;
(c)
a security officer;
(d)
a security agency; or
(e)
a security service provider,shall not be entitled to bring any proceeding in any court to recover any commission, fee, gain or reward for the service provided unless, at the time of providing the service, he is the holder of a valid private investigator’s licence, a valid private investigation agency’s licence, a valid security officer’s licence, a valid security agency’s licence or a valid security service provider’s licence, as the case may be.