Singapore legislation

Clause 48

of Amusement Rides Safety Bill

Clause 48

Furnishing of information

(1)

The Commissioner or an enforcement officer may, for the purposes of —

(a)

conducting an investigation into —

(i)

any offence or suspected offence under this Act; or

(ii)

any adverse incident that has occurred in respect of an amusement ride; or

(b)

otherwise discharging his functions under this Act,by notice in writing require any person who appears to the Commissioner or enforcement officer to be acquainted with the facts or circumstances of the case under investigation or with the facts or circumstances relating to the installation, operation, major or minor modification, relocation, maintenance or repair of an amusement ride (as the case may be) to furnish to the Commissioner or enforcement officer, within such time as may be specified in the notice, any information or document which such person knows or has in his possession or which such person is in a position to obtain regarding the case under investigation or the amusement ride to which the notice relates.

(2)

Any person who fails to comply with a notice given to him by the Commissioner or an enforcement officer under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

(3)

It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (2) to prove that he did not know or have, and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained or obtained, the information or document required.

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