Singapore legislation
Section 12
Section 12
Revocation of licence
(1)
The Licensing Officer may, without compensation, revoke the licence of any licensee if —
the licence was procured by fraud or misrepresentation;
the licensee is in the opinion of the Licensing Officer no longer a fit and proper person to hold a licence, having regard to the criteria and requirements mentioned in section 7(4) and (5);
the licensee, a responsible officer of the licensee, or a person having substantial interest in, or control or direction over, the business of the licensee, is convicted of an offence specified in the Schedule;
the carrying on of the business of providing massage services in the licensee’s establishment for massage is, in the opinion of the Licensing Officer, likely to cause annoyance or inconvenience to the public or any class of the public;
any massage is or may be administered by any person in the licensee’s establishment for massage who does not possess the necessary qualification approved by the Licensing Officer under section 7(3)(f); or
the business of providing massage services in the licensee’s establishment for massage is or is likely to be carried on in contravention of any requirement of the Act.
(2)
Before revoking the licence, the Licensing Officer must give notice to the licensee concerned —
stating that the Licensing Officer intends to revoke the licence; and
specifying the time within which written representations may be made to the Licensing Officer.
(3)
The time specified by the Licensing Officer in the notice given under subsection (2) must not be less than 14 days after the date of the notice.
(4)
Despite subsection (3), the Licensing Officer may specify a time, being less than 14 days after the date of the notice mentioned in subsection (2), if —
the Licensing Officer is of the opinion that it is in the public interest for the licence to be revoked as soon as possible; or
the licensee is contravening, or has contravened, any requirement of the Act.
(5)
The Licensing Officer may, after considering any written representation made by the licensee concerned, revoke the licence and notify the licensee of the revocation.
(6)
The Licensing Officer must, if so required by the licensee concerned, provide the licensee, within 7 days after being so required, with the grounds of revocation of the licence in writing.
(7)
Any person who is aggrieved by the revocation of the person’s licence by the Licensing Officer may appeal in writing against the revocation to the Minister —
within 14 days after being notified of the revocation; or
if the person requires (within the period mentioned in paragraph (a)) the Licensing Officer to provide the grounds of revocation, within 14 days after being provided with the grounds of revocation,and the Minister’s decision is final.
(8)
A decision of the Licensing Officer to revoke the licence takes effect despite an appeal against that decision being made to the Minister under subsection (7), unless the Minister otherwise specifies.