Clause 13

Any police officer or employee of the Corporation who reasonably believes that any person has committed an offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder may require such person to furnish evidence of his identity and such person shall thereupon furnish such evidence of his identity as may be required by such police officer or employee of the Corporation.(2) Any person who refuses to furnish any information required of him by any police officer or any employee of the Corporation under subsection (1) or wilfully mis-states such information shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.Powers of arrest48B.—

A police officer, or any employee of the Corporation generally or specially authorised in writing by the chief executive officer appointed under section 12, may arrest without warrant any person found committing or whom he has reason to believe has committed an offence punishable under this Act or any regulations made thereunder.(2) No person arrested under subsection (1) shall be detained longer than is necessary for bringing him before a court unless the order of court for his continued detention is obtained.Court for trial of offence48C. Notwithstanding the provisions of any written law to the contrary, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court shall have jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and award the full punishment for such offence.Offences committed by body corporate48D. Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or 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.Powers of composition48E.—

The Corporation may in its discretion compound any offence under any regulations made under this Act which is prescribed as an offence which may be compounded by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding $200.(2) The Corporation may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations prescribing the offences which may be compounded.Public Prosecutor to sanction prosecution48F.—

No proceedings for an offence punishable under this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall be instituted except by or with the sanction of the Public Prosecutor.(2) Any employee of the Corporation or any police officer may conduct such a prosecution on behalf of the Corporation.Symbol, design or representation of Corporation48G.—

The Corporation shall have the exclusive right to the use of the symbol a representation of which is set out in the Second Schedule.(2) Any person who, without the permission of the Corporation, uses the Corporation’s symbol or uses a symbol which so resembles the symbol thereof as to nearly deceive or cause confusion or to be likely to deceive or cause confusion shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.”.