Singapore legislation
Clause 34
Clause 34
Notification of tissue bank
(1)
A research institution must notify the Director of any tissue bank which the research institution is directly or indirectly operating or which is part of the research institution.
(2)
A tissue bank must notify the Director of its particulars unless a research institution has made a notification of that tissue bank in accordance with subsection (1).
(3)
A notification for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2) must be submitted to the Director in such form and manner, with such particulars and within such time as may be prescribed, and must be accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed.
(4)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(5)
Any person who, in submitting a notification for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2) —
makes any statement or furnishes any document which he or she knows to be false or does not believe to be true; or
by the intentional suppression of any material fact, furnishes information which is misleading,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.