Singapore legislation
Clause 13
Clause 13
Offences and penalties
(1)
Any person who —
being a person liable to be registered under this Act, fails to register, or fails to register within the prescribed time;
fails to report his change of residence as required under section 8;
fails to submit, or fails to submit within the time prescribed, such returns as are required to be submitted under section 9;
without lawful authority, transfers an identity card;
without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, knowingly obtains or is in possession of, or makes use of, a forged identity card or an identity card other than his own;
without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, is in possession of one or more identity cards;
unlawfully issues an identity card;
forges or reproduces an identity card;
unlawfully deprives any person of an identity card; or
aids or abets in the commission of any offence under this Act,shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to both such imprisonment and fine.
(2)
Every offence under this Act (Cap. 132) shall be deemed to be a seizable offence for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code.