Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
No carrying on business of providing massage services in establishment for massage without licence, etc.
(1)
A person must not carry on the business of providing massage services in an establishment for massage unless the person is authorised to do so at those premises by a licence under this Act.
(2)
A person must not advertise or otherwise hold out that the person is carrying on the business of providing massage services in an establishment for massage unless the person holds a valid licence to do so at those premises.
(3)
An owner or occupier of any premises must not allow the premises, or any part of the premises, to be used by any person whom the owner or occupier knows is carrying on the business of providing massage services in an establishment for massage without a valid licence to do so at those premises.
(4)
A person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) 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 2 years or to both; and
where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.
(5)
For the purposes of subsection (4), a person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (4) if the person who is convicted of —
an offence under subsection (4) for contravening subsection (1) has been convicted on at least one other earlier occasion of —
an offence under subsection (4) for contravening subsection (1); or
an offence under section 9(a) of the repealed Act, whether the conviction was before, on or after the date of commencement of this Act; or
an offence under subsection (4) for contravening subsection (2) has been convicted on at least one other earlier occasion of —
an offence under subsection (4) for contravening subsection (2); or
an offence under section 9(e) of the repealed Act, whether the conviction was before, on or after the date of commencement of this Act.