Singapore legislation

Clause 8

Power to request for information

(1)

Without prejudice to section 7, the Authority, or any officer authorised on its behalf, may require any person to furnish information to the Authority relating to land tenure, land transactions, land ownership, land boundaries or other geographical information.

(2)

A request under subsection (1) —

(a)

shall be in writing;

(b)

shall be served on the person to whom it is addressed;

(c)

shall specify the particulars of information required;

(d)

may specify the form in which and the time within which the information is to be furnished;

(e)

may require the information to be furnished periodically at or within such time or times and in such form or forms as are specified in the request; and

(f)

may specify the place or manner at or in which the information is to be delivered.

(3)

Any person who —

(a)

wilfully refuses or without lawful excuse (the proof of which lies on him) neglects —

(i)

to furnish the information required within the time allowed in any request under subsection (1) for furnishing the information;

(ii)

to furnish the information in the form specified in any request under subsection (1); or

(iii)

to deliver the information at the place or in the manner specified in any request under subsection (1) for the delivery thereof; or

(b)

wilfully furnishes or causes to be furnished any false information in respect of any matter specified in a request under subsection (1),shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $100 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.

(4)

Nothing in this section shall oblige or bind any person to furnish any information not in his possession or which he is prohibited by law from disclosure.

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