Clause 3

for prohibiting, absolutely or conditionally, or for regulating, in all cases or in any specified case or class of cases and subject to such exceptions as may be made by the regulations, the import or export or the carriage coastwise or the shipment as ships’ stores or the transhipment or transit of all goods or of goods of any specified class or description;

for imposing on such importers, exporters, agents, forwarding agents, common carriers, consignors or consignees of goods or on owners, agents, masters or persons in charge of a conveyance as may be prescribed in the regulations, the duty to furnish —

to the Board; or

to the owner, agent, master or person in charge of a conveyance, or to a railway station-master or to such other person as may be prescribed,such particulars, information or documents relating to goods imported into, exported from, transhipped in or in transit through Singapore as may be prescribed;

for permitting the Board to authorise, in such manner as may be prescribed, the importation, exportation, transhipment or transit of goods in regard to which the required particulars, information or documents have been furnished;

for prohibiting the importation, exportation, transhipment or transit of goods, or the delivery of goods or of documents relating to such goods, except in compliance with the regulations or with the approval of the Board;

for requiring the owner or agent of any conveyance to furnish particulars of coal, oil or other fuel or stores placed on board that conveyance in Singapore;

for determining the form and manner in which the required particulars, information and documents shall be furnished;

for prescribing the time within which the required particulars, information and documents shall be furnished;

for requiring the master of any vessel to attend at the office of the Board or Port Master, and to furnish such particulars, information and documents, as may be prescribed;

for prohibiting the issue of a port clearance to the master of any vessel pending compliance with any provision of the regulations;

for the registration of all or such class of goods, as may be prescribed, imported into, exported from, transhipped in or in transit through Singapore;

for the registration of importers, exporters, common carriers of goods or any other person who has made a declaration under this Act or any regulations made thereunder;

for the issue of certificates of entitlement to permits for the export or import of such classes of goods, as are prescribed, to successful applicants who submitted bids for the certificates;

for requiring fees and deposits to be paid for the submission of applications for the issue of certificates of entitlement under any regulations made under paragraph (l), and providing for the forfeiture of deposits for non-compliance with any of the conditions governing the submission of such applications;

for prescribing the levy, or the method or manner for determining the amount of the levy, payable for the import or export of different classes of goods or for a certificate of entitlement issued under any regulations made under paragraph (l) and for prescribing the manner or method in which such levy shall be paid;

for prescribing the fees and charges, or the method or manner for determining the amount of the fees or charges, payable by virtue of any regulations made under this section, and for prescribing the manner or method in which such fees or charges shall be paid;

for prescribing the fees to be charged for services and facilities provided by the Board; and

for prescribing anything which is required to be prescribed under this Act or which is necessary or expedient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Act.

in respect of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or 3 times the value of the goods in respect of which the offence was committed, whichever is the greater, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and

in respect of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $200,000 or 4 times the value of the goods in respect of which the offence was committed, whichever is the greater, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.