Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
Permits for special zone
(1)
Subject to this section, the Commissioner or an authorised officer may grant a permit to any individual on the individual’s application, authorising the individual to do the following during the freeze period:
to consume alcohol in such public place within such special zone as is specified in the permit, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the permit; or
to bring a prohibited item into the special zone specified in the permit, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the permit.
(2)
In addition, the Commissioner may, by a notification published in the Gazette, grant a permit (referred to as a class permit) in respect of a special zone authorising, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the class permit, any conduct referred to in section 4 or 8 during the freeze period —
by different classes of persons who reside within the special zone;
by different classes of persons who have a place of business within the special zone; (c)by different classes of persons who in the course of lawful business perform a service within the special zone; or
at different periods or on different occasions within the special zone,and may from time to time during the freeze period, modify the conditions specified in, or specify additional terms and conditions for, any class permit.
(3)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the terms and conditions of a class permit may restrict the sale, supply or consumption of alcohol on any premises (whether or not licensed premises) in a special zone during the freeze period, the trading hours for such licensed premises in a special zone during the freeze period, and the kinds of alcohol that may be sold or supplied, and the way it is sold or supplied, on licensed premises in a special zone during the freeze period.
(4)
The Commissioner or an authorised officer may cancel or suspend any permit granted to an individual under subsection (1), or cancel or suspend the application of the class permit to any particular person, if the Commissioner or authorised officer is satisfied —
that the permit holder has failed to comply with any of the terms and conditions specified in his permit or the class permit applicable to that person; or
that cancellation or suspension of the individual’s permit, or of the application of the class permit to that person, is otherwise necessary or expedient to prevent or reduce the occurrence of violence in a special zone.
(5)
Before exercising any powers under subsection (4), the Commissioner or an authorised officer must —
give notice to the permit holder concerned —
stating that the Commissioner or authorised officer proposes to cancel or suspend the permit or the application of the class permit 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 the permit holder) within which written representations may be made to the Commissioner or authorised officer with respect to the proposed cancellation or suspension; and
upon receipt of any written representation pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii), consider that written representation.
(6)
Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the Commissioner or an authorised officer refusing him a permit under subsection (1), or the decision of the Commissioner or an authorised officer cancelling or suspending the person’s permit or the application of the class permit to that person under subsection (4), may, within 14 days after the notice of the refusal, cancellation or suspension (as the case may be) is so given to that person, appeal to the Minister in the prescribed manner; and the Minister’s decision on appeal shall be final.
(7)
The decision of the Commissioner or an authorised officer refusing a permit under subsection (1), or cancelling or suspending a person’s permit or the application of the class permit to a person under subsection (4), shall take effect notwithstanding that an appeal against that decision is made to the Minister under subsection (6).
(8)
The Minister may designate any Minister of State for his Ministry, or any Parliamentary Secretary to his Ministry, to hear, in his place, any appeal to him under subsection (6).