Singapore legislation
Clause 134
Clause 134
Powers of Inspecting Officer
(1)
In the course of an inspection the Inspecting Officer may —
put questions concerning the employees to their employer or to any person who may be in charge of them, or to the employees themselves, or to any other person whom he may consider it desirable to question, and such employer or person in charge of the employees, or employee or other person shall be legally bound to answer such questions truthfully to the best of his ability;
require the employer to produce before him all or any of the employees employed by him together with any contracts of service, books of account of salary, registers and other documents concerning such employees or their employment and to answer such questions relating thereto as he may think proper to ask;
examine notices and all documents which are required to be kept under the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder;
make copies of any book, register or other document required to be produced under paragraph (b) of this subsection; and
take or remove for purposes of analysis samples of materials and substances used or handled by employees:Provided that the employer or his representative shall be notified of any such samples of materials or substances taken or removed for this purpose.
(2)
No answer which a person shall be legally bound to give under the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section shall be proved against him in any criminal proceeding, except on a prosecution for giving false evidence by such answer.