Singapore legislation
Section 18
Section 18
Liquor Control Zone banning notice
(1)
The Commissioner or an authorised officer may give a Liquor Control Zone banning notice to an individual banning the individual, for a period specified in the notice, from one or more Liquor Control Zones or from all licensed premises in any Liquor Control Zone, if the Commissioner or authorised officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, the individual of committing or having committed an offence under section 12 or 14 wholly or partly in a Liquor Control Zone.
(2)
In determining whether a Liquor Control Zone banning notice for any Liquor Control Zone should be given under this section to an individual, the Commissioner or authorised officer is to have regard to each of the following:
whether the individual is likely to commit another offence under section 12 or 14 in the same or a different Liquor Control Zone;
whether the Liquor Control Zone banning notice, if so given, would be an effective and reasonable way of preventing the individual from committing another offence under section 12 or 14 in the same or a different Liquor Control Zone;
whether the commission of another offence under section 12 or 14 in the same or a different Liquor Control Zone by the individual may involve or give rise to a risk of riot, civil disturbance or any other violence in the Liquor Control Zone to which the banning notice is to relate.
(3)
If the Commissioner or authorised officer intends to give a Liquor Control Zone banning notice to an individual, the Commissioner or authorised officer need not first give the individual an opportunity to be heard.
(4)
The period specified in a Liquor Control Zone banning notice must not exceed 30 days starting from the time the notice is given to the individual.
(5)
Every Liquor Control Zone banning notice must be in writing and contain all of the following particulars:
the name, residence and identification particulars of the individual to whom the notice applies;
the Liquor Control Zone to which it relates, the time when the notice is given to the individual and the specified period for which the notice applies;
whether the notice bans the individual from the Liquor Control Zone or only from licensed premises in the Liquor Control Zone;
whether the notice is absolute or with exceptions and if it is with exceptions, the details of the conditions or circumstances under which the individual may enter or remain in the Liquor Control Zone.
(6)
The Commissioner or an authorised officer may, on the application of an individual who is subject to a Liquor Control Zone banning notice —
cancel the Liquor Control Zone banning notice; or
vary any exception in, include any exception in, or add any further exception in, the Liquor Control Zone banning notice,where there are sufficient grounds for the cancellation, variation, inclusion or addition, or it is otherwise appropriate to do so because of the individual’s special circumstances.