Singapore legislation
Clause 12
Clause 12
Powers to investigate
(1)
Any person duly authorised by the Authority to act on its behalf may at any reasonable time enter any premises where a licensee is carrying on business, or any premises where he reasonably suspects any business is being carried on in contravention of this Act, and may inspect the premises and any book or document on those premises which he reasonably requires to inspect for the purpose of ascertaining whether a contravention of this Act or any regulations made thereunder is being or has been committed.
(2)
Any person who —
fails without reasonable excuse to admit any person who demands admission to the premises in pursuance of subsection (1); or
on being required by a person referred to in subsection (1) to do so, fails without reasonable excuse to permit the person to inspect the premises; or
on being required by a person referred to in subsection (1) to produce any book or document in his possession or under his control and which that person reasonably requires to inspect for the purpose specified in subsection (1), fails without reasonable excuse to produce it to him and to permit him to take copies of it or of any entry in it,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars.
(3)
A person who is carrying out an investigation for the purpose of ascertaining whether an offence under this Act has been committed may exercise all or any of the powers conferred upon a police officer by the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 113) in relation to the investigation of a seizable offence.