Singapore legislation
Section 20
Section 20
Non-compliance with enforcement notice
(1)
Subject to any direction of the Minister under section 19(5), if a person on whom an enforcement notice has been served fails to comply with the notice —
that person shall be guilty of an offence;
the Director or a Monument Inspector may enter the national monument or proposed national monument and take such measures as may be necessary to secure the compliance with the enforcement notice; and
the expenses reasonably incurred by the Director or Monument Inspector in the exercise of his or her powers under paragraph (b) and any other reasonable expenses that may be incidental thereto are to be recoverable by the Board as a civil debt from the person who failed to comply with the enforcement notice.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(a) shall be liable on conviction —
in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $5,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; or
in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $200,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $10,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(3)
In determining the amount of any fine to be imposed on a person convicted of an offence under this section, the court is to, in particular, have regard to any financial benefit which has accrued or appears likely to accrue to the person in consequence of the offence.