Singapore legislation
Section 8
Section 8
Employees who are private investigators
(1)
No person shall employ another person as a private investigator unless the other person is a licensed private investigator.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(3)
A person (whether or not a licensed private investigation agency) who employs, or is about to employ, as a private investigator any licensed private investigator shall —
before employing the licensed private investigator; and
not later than 14 days after terminating the employment of the licensed private investigator,inform the licensing officer in the prescribed form and manner of the proposed employment or termination of employment, as the case may be.
(4)
Where an employer or a former employer of a licensed private investigator contravenes subsection (3), the employer or former employer, as the case may be, 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 2 years or to both.