Singapore legislation

Section 48

of Amusement Rides Safety Act 2011

Section 48

Provision of information

(1)

The Commissioner or an enforcement officer may, for the purposes of —

(a)

conducting an investigation into —

(i)

any offence or suspected offence under this Act; or

(ii)

any adverse incident that has occurred in respect of an amusement ride; or

(b)

otherwise discharging his or her functions under this Act,by written notice require any person who appears to the Commissioner or enforcement officer to be acquainted with the facts or circumstances of the case under investigation or with the facts or circumstances relating to the installation, operation, major or minor modification, relocation, maintenance or repair of an amusement ride (as the case may be) to provide to the Commissioner or enforcement officer, within such time as may be specified in the notice, any information or document which the person knows or has in the person’s possession or which the person is in a position to obtain regarding the case under investigation or the amusement ride to which the notice relates.

(2)

Any person who fails to comply with a notice given to the person by the Commissioner or an enforcement officer under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

(3)

It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (2) to prove that the person did not know or have, and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained or obtained, the information or document required.

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