Singapore legislation

Clause 13

of National Registration Bill

Clause 13

Offences and penalties

(1)

Any person who —

(a)

being a person liable to be registered under this Act, fails to register, or fails to register within the prescribed time;

(b)

fails to report his change of residence as required under section 8;

(c)

fails to submit, or fails to submit within the time prescribed, such returns as are required to be submitted under section 9;

(d)

without lawful authority, transfers an identity card;

(e)

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;

(f)

without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, is in possession of one or more identity cards;

(g)

unlawfully issues an identity card;

(h)

forges or reproduces an identity card;

(i)

unlawfully deprives any person of an identity card; or

(j)

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.