Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
Revocation of licence
(1)
The licensing officer may by order revoke a licence —
if he is satisfied that the licensee —
has ceased to carry on the business for which he has been licensed or, if the licensee being a company, goes into liquidation or is wound up or otherwise dissolved;
improperly obtained his licence contrary to the provisions of this Act;
is no longer a fit and proper person to continue to hold a licence;
has been convicted of any offence involving dishonesty or moral turpitude or, if the licensee is a company, any of its officers holding a managerial or an executive position has been convicted of any offence involving fraud or moral turpitude;
is carrying on or has carried on the business of a private investigator or security guard agency, as the case may be, in such a manner as renders him unfit to continue to hold a licence;
is contravening or has contravened any of the provisions of this Act; or
has been convicted of any offence under this Act or the regulations made thereunder or, if the licensee is a company, any of its officers holding a managerial or an executive position has been convicted of any offence under this Act or the regulations made thereunder; or
if he considers it in the public interest to do so.
(2)
The licensing officer shall, before revoking any licence under the provisions of subsection (1), give the person concerned notice in writing of his intention to do so, specifying a date, not less than twenty-one days after the date of the notice, upon which such revocation shall take effect and calling upon the person concerned to show cause to the licensing officer why such licence should not be revoked.
(3)
When the licensing officer has revoked a licence under the provisions of subsection (1) he shall forthwith inform the person concerned by notice in writing of such revocation.
(4)
The person whose licence has been revoked may, within fourteen days of the receipt of the notice referred to in subsection (3), or such extended period of time as the Minister may allow, appeal in writing against such revocation to the Minister whose decision thereon shall be final.
(5)
An order of revocation shall not take effect until the expiration of a period of fourteen days after the licensing officer has informed the licensee concerned of the order.
(6)
If within that period the licensee concerned gives due notice of appeal to the Minister the order shall not take effect unless the order is confirmed by the Minister or the appeal is for any reason dismissed by the Minister.