Singapore legislation
Clause 12
Clause 12
Penalties
(1)
Any person who —
without reasonable excuse refuses or neglects to do anything he is by this Ordinance required to do;
without reasonable excuse fails to comply with the requirements of any notice served on him under this Ordinance;
without reasonable excuse acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any provision of this Ordinance; or
obtains or is in possession of a false certificate purporting to be issued under this Ordinance,shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
No prosecution in respect of any offence under this Ordinance shall be instituted except with the written sanction of the Director of Medical Services.
(3)
It shall not be a defence to any failure to comply with any provision of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder that the person charged had received no notice under the provisions of section 11 of this Ordinance.