Singapore legislation

Clause 8

Powers of investigating officers

(1)

An investigating officer may enter without previous notice at any reasonable time any place of employment and make such enquiry into the terms and conditions of employment of any employee as he may think fit.

(2)

In the course of an investigation under section 7(2), an investigating officer may —

(a)

put questions concerning the dismissal of an employee (including the particulars of reasons for the dismissal) to the employee, his employer or to any person who may be in charge of the employee, or to any other employee and the employee, employer, person in charge of the employee, or other employee shall be bound to answer those questions truthfully to the best of his knowledge and ability;

(b)

require the employer to produce before him any other employee employed by the employer together with any contract of service or other document concerning the employment;

(c)

make copies of any document required to be produced under paragraph (b); and

(d)

take or remove for purposes of investigations any document.

(3)

Any person who hinders or obstructs an investigating officer in the exercise of the power under this section or makes to an investigating officer exercising the power under this section a statement either orally or in writing which is false in any material particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

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