Singapore legislation
Section 57
Section 57
Offence of providing false information, etc.
(1)
If —
a person furnishes a document, or makes a statement (whether orally, in writing or any other way) or gives information, to the Authority, an authorised officer or outsourced enforcement officer, a police officer, public path warden or volunteer public path warden;
the document, statement or information is false or misleading, or the statement or information omits any matter or thing without which the statement or information, as the case may be, is misleading;
the person knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the document is false or misleading, or that the statement or information is as described in paragraph (b); and
the document is furnished, or the statement is made or the information is given, for or in connection with —
an application under this Act; or
a question or request by the Authority, an authorised officer or outsourced enforcement officer, a police officer, public path warden or volunteer public path warden under this Act,the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply if the document, statement or information is not false or misleading in a material particular, or if the statement or information did not omit any matter or thing without which the statement or information (as the case may be) is misleading in a material particular.