Singapore legislation
Clause 22
Clause 22
New section 43A
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 43, the following section:“Furnishing documents false in a material particular43A. Any person who, being required by or by virtue of this Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder to make or produce to the Commissioner of Building Control any plan, declaration, certificate, report, record, notice or other document, or who, for the purpose of obtaining any licence, permit, waiver or approval from the Commissioner of Building Control under this Act or its subsidiary legislation or for the purpose of establishing any fact relevant to the administration of this Act or its subsidiary legislation —
makes or produces any plan, declaration, certificate, report, record, notice or other document which is false in a material particular; or
produces any plan, declaration, certificate, report, record, notice or other document which is false in a material particular, or has not been made by the person by whom it purports to have been made, or has been in any way altered or tampered with,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 12 months or to both.”.