Singapore legislation
Clause 30
Clause 30
General powers of inspection and entry
(1)
Subject to the production if so requested of his authority in writing, an inspector or a police officer may at all reasonable times —
inspect and test any weighing or measuring equipment which is, or which he has reasonable cause to believe to be, used for trade or in the possession of any person or upon any premises for such use;
inspect any goods to which any of the provisions of this Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder for the time being applies or which he has reasonable cause to believe to be such goods;
enter any premises at which he has reasonable cause to believe there to be any such equipment or goods, not being premises used only as a private dwelling-house.
(2)
A police officer and an inspector subject to the production if so requested of the inspector’s authority in writing, may at any time seize and detain —
any article which he has reasonable cause to believe is liable to be forfeited under this Act; and
any document displayed with any goods offered or exposed for sale which relates to the price or quantity of the goods and which the inspector has reason to believe may be required as evidence in proceedings under this Act.
(3)
An inspector entering any premises by virtue of this section may take with him such other persons and such equipment as may appear to him necessary.
(4)
If any inspector or other person who enters any workplace by virtue of this section discloses to any person any information obtained by him in the workplace with regard to any manufacturing process or trade secret, he shall, unless the disclosure was made in the performance of his duty, be guilty of an offence.