Singapore legislation
Section 39
Section 39
Regulations
(1)
The Minister may, from time to time, make regulations generally for the carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Act.
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for or with respect to all or any of the following matters:
taking and recording of photographs and fingerprints of persons applying for a licence;
displaying or surrendering of any licence by a licensee;
prescribing the type of identification documents that a licensed private investigator or a licensed security officer must carry when carrying out his functions as a private investigator or a security officer, as the case may be;
in relation to any licence, the class or classes of licence to be issued, and the circumstances in which the licence may be granted;
requiring a licensed security agency to maintain a register of all places in which the security officers employed by the licensed security agency are deployed for work and submitting such information to the licensing officer upon request;
regulating the conduct of security officers in the discharge of their functions and the conduct of security agencies and security service providers;
prescribing the uniform, badge or emblem to be worn by a licensed security officer;
prohibiting the use of any equipment or accoutrement by the holder of a licence and his employees, if any;
regulating the activities of the holder of a licence and prescribing the manner in which his business shall be conducted;
regulating the manufacture, importation, sale, distribution, possession and use of security equipment;
any other matter or thing required or permitted to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.
(3)
The regulations may —
prescribe offences in respect of the contravention of any specified provision thereof and may prescribe that fines not exceeding $10,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or with both, on conviction, be imposed in respect of any such offence; and
prescribe different fees for different classes of applicants for licences.