Singapore legislation
Clause 20
Clause 20
Additional powers as regards subject licences
(1)
Without prejudice to any powers vested in any other written law, the relevant authority for a subject licence may, in its discretion, cancel, revoke or suspend any subject licence the holder of which is convicted of any offence under this Act, or is reasonably suspected of having committed any offence under this Act.
(2)
Before exercising any powers under this section, the relevant authority for a subject licence shall give notice to the holder of the subject licence concerned —
stating that the relevant authority proposes to cancel, revoke or suspend the subject licence in the manner as specified in the notice; and
specifying the time (being not less than 3 days from the date of service of notice on such holder) within which written representations may be made to the relevant authority for the subject licence with respect to the proposed cancellation, revocation or suspension of the subject licence, as the case may be.
(3)
Upon receipt of any written representation referred to in subsection (2)(b), the relevant authority for a subject licence shall consider such written representation and may —
reject the written representation; or
decline to cancel, revoke or suspend the subject licence,and, in either event, the relevant authority for the subject licence shall then give notice in writing to the holder of the subject licence of its decision.
(4)
The holder of a subject licence who is aggrieved by any decision of a relevant authority under this section may, within 14 days after receiving the notice under subsection (3), appeal to the Minister charged with the responsibility for the relevant authority in the same manner prescribed under the written law governing that subject licence as if the decision was an appealable decision made under that written law.
(5)
Notwithstanding any other written law, the decision of the relevant authority under this section shall take effect notwithstanding that an appeal against that decision is made under subsection (4) to the Minister charged with the responsibility for the relevant authority.
(6)
In this section, “relevant authority” means —
the Director‑General of Public Health — for a subject licence that is a licence for a retail food establishment or catering food establishment, a hawker licence (whether or not itinerant) for the sale of any food, or a licence for a private market under the Environmental Public Health Act (Cap. 95);
the Hotels Licensing Board — for a subject licence that is a registration of premises as a hotel under the Hotels Act (Cap. 127);
the Licensing Officer appointed under the Public Entertainments and Meetings Act (Cap. 257) — for a subject licence that is a licence for an approved place under that Act; (d)the Director‑General, Agri‑Food and Veterinary Services — for a subject licence that is a licence for a food processing establishment or other food establishment under the Sale of Food Act (Cap. 283) or a licence for a processing establishment or cold store under the Wholesome Meat and Fish Act (Cap. 349A); or
such person as the Minister may prescribe for a subject licence that is a licence, permit, approval or other similar document referred to in paragraph (i) of the definition of “subject licence” in section 2.