Singapore legislation

Clause 13

of Public Entertainments and Meetings (Amendment) Bill

Clause 13

Amendment of section 19

Section 19 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “this section” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “subsection (1)”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) Any person who, being required to make any statement or furnish any information or document under this Act —

(a)

makes any statement or furnishes any information or document which is false or misleading in a material particular; and

(b)

knows or ought reasonably to know that, or is reckless as to whether, it is false or misleading in a material particular,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.”; and

(c)

by deleting the section heading and substituting the following section heading:“General offences”.