Singapore legislation
Clause 52
Clause 52
Power to require documents or information
(1)
For the purposes of discharging its functions and duties under this Act, the Authority may, by notice in writing to any person, require the person to produce to the Authority a specified document, or to provide the Authority with specified information, which the Authority considers relates to any matter relevant to such purposes.
(2)
The Authority may specify in the notice —
the time and place at which any document is to be produced or any information is to be provided; and (b)the manner and form in which it is to be produced or provided.
(3)
The power under this section to require a person to produce a document includes the power —
if the document is produced —
to take copies of it or extracts from it; and (ii)to require such person, or any person who is a present or past officer of his, or is or was at any time employed by him, to provide an explanation of the document; or (b)if the document is not produced, to require such person to state, to the best of his knowledge and belief, where it is.
(4)
In subsection (1), “specified” means —
specified or described in the notice; or (b)falling within a category which is specified or described in the notice.