Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Skills Development Levy Bill

Clause 12

Penalty for obtaining grants or loans by false or misleading statements

(1)

Any person who obtains payment of any grant or loan from the Fund by means of any false or misleading statement or any document that is false or misleading in any particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(2)

Where an offence under subsection (1) committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent and connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.