Singapore legislation
Clause 25
Clause 25
Unlawful engagement in optometry or opticianry
(1)
No person shall —
carry out any practice of optometry or opticianry; or
advertise or otherwise hold himself out to be qualified to carry out any practice of optometry or opticianry,unless he is a qualified person in respect of the practice of optometry or opticianry in question, and he carries out that practice in accordance with the prescribed conditions.
(2)
No person shall employ any person who is not a qualified person in respect of a practice of optometry or opticianry to carry out that practice of optometry or opticianry.
(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) are subject to any transitional or saving provisions as may be provided for by section 41 or by the regulations.
(4)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(5)
In any proceedings for a contravention of subsection (2), it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that —
he did not know that the person he employed was not a qualified person in respect of the practice of optometry or opticianry in question; and
he had exercised due diligence to ascertain if the person was a qualified person.
(6)
In this section, “qualified person”, in relation to a practice of optometry or opticianry, means a person who is —
registered to carry out; and
has in force a practising certificate which authorises him to carry out,that practice of optometry or opticianry.