Singapore legislation

Clause 4

Supply of liquor to be licensed

Subject to this section, a person must not supply any liquor unless the person is authorised by a liquor licence to supply the liquor.

Subsection (1) does not apply in the following circumstances:

(a)

the delivery only to a person, at the request of the person, of liquor that is owned by, or ordered under a contract of purchase by, the person;

(b)

in an emergency where the liquor is necessary to preserve life or prevent injury or further injury;

(c)

in the course of a religious service, ceremony or rite lawfully conducted by a priest or minister of religion in a place of worship;

(d)

such other circumstances as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, specify.

Subject to section 16, a person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

to a fine not exceeding $20,000; and

(b)

where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.