Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Competition (Amendment) Bill

Clause 11

Amendment of section 64

Section 64 of the Competition Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) In connection with an investigation under section 62 —

(a)

any officer of the Commission who is authorised by the Commission to do so (an investigating officer) and such other officers or persons as the Commission has authorised in writing to accompany the investigating officer (authorised person); and

(b)

any inspector and such other person as the inspector may require,may enter any premises.”;

(b)

by deleting the words “No investigating officer or inspector shall enter any premises in the exercise of his powers under this section unless he” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “No investigating officer or inspector, and no authorised person or person required by the inspector respectively, shall enter any premises in the exercise of the powers under this section unless the investigating officer or the inspector, as the case may be,”; (c)by inserting, immediately before the words “a merger” in subsection (3)(a)(iii), the words “an anticipated merger, or”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the words “an investigating officer” in subsection (4)(a), the words “and any authorised person”;

(e)

by deleting sub-paragraph (i) of subsection (4)(a) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:“(i)evidence of the investigating officer’s authorisation and the authorisation of every authorised person accompanying him; and”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the words “an inspector” in subsection (4)(b), the words “and any person required by him”;

(g)

by deleting sub-paragraph (i) of subsection (4)(b) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:“(i)evidence of the inspector’s appointment; and”;

(h)

by deleting the words “An investigating officer or inspector” in subsection (5) and substituting the words “An investigating officer, an authorised person, an inspector or a person required by the inspector”; and

(i)

by deleting the words “the investigating officer or inspector” in subsection (5)(e) and substituting the word “he”.

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