Singapore legislation

Clause 80

of Goods And Services Tax Bill

Clause 80

Power to take samples

(1)

The Comptroller or an officer authorised by him, if it appears to him necessary for the protection of the revenue against mistake or fraud, may at any time take, from the goods in the possession of any person who supplies goods, such samples as the Comptroller or the authorised person may require with a view to determining how the goods or the materials of which they are made ought to be or to have been treated for the purposes of tax.

(2)

Any sample taken under this section shall be disposed of and accounted for in such manner as the Comptroller may direct.