Singapore legislation

Clause 27

of Factories (Amendment) Bill

Clause 27

Amendment of section 89

Section 89 of the Factories Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting “$1,000”, “$2,000” and “$100” in the 4th, 6th and 10 lines of subsection (1) and substituting “$2,000”, “$5,000” and “$200”, respectively;

(b)

by deleting “$10,000” and “$1,000” in the 3rd and 8th lines of subsection (2) and substituting “$20,000” and “$2,000”, respectively;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the word “results” in subsection (3), the words “in a dangerous occurrence or”;

(d)

by deleting “$25,000” in subsection (3) and substituting “$35,000”; and

(e)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsection:“(6) Where a person —

(a)

has on at least one previous occasion been convicted of an offence under any of the classes of offences under this Act or any regulations made thereunder, set out in the Fourteenth Schedule; and

(b)

is convicted of an offence under the same class of offences again,the court may punish such offender, in addition to any imprisonment if prescribed, with a fine not exceeding twice the amount of fine to which he would otherwise have been liable for such conviction.”.