Singapore legislation

Clause 16

of Employment of Foreign Manpower (Amendment) Bill

Clause 16

Amendment of section 21

Section 21 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) Any police officer or employment inspector may arrest without warrant any person whom he reasonably suspects —

(a)

is committing or has committed an offence under section 5(6), (7) or (7A), 10(2), 22(1)(a), (c), (d), (e) or (f), (2), (3) or (4), 22A(2) or 22B(1); or

(b)

has abetted the commission of any offence referred to in paragraph (a).(1A) For the purposes of this section, an officer or a member of a body corporate or an unincorporated association or a partner of a partnership who is liable for an offence referred to in subsection (1)(a) by virtue of section 20 shall be treated as having committed that offence.”.

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