Singapore legislation
Clause 266
Clause 266
General penalty provisions
(1)
A person who —
does that which under Parts 4 to 11 the person is forbidden to do;
does not do that which under Parts 4 to 11 the person is required or directed to do; or
otherwise contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of Parts 4 to 11,shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)
A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or Parts 4 to 11 shall be liable on conviction to a penalty or punishment not exceeding the penalty or punishment expressly mentioned as the penalty or punishment for the offence, or if a penalty or punishment is not so mentioned, to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
(3)
Every summons issued for an offence committed by an officer of a company or other person under subsection (1) or Parts 4 to 11 or any regulations may, despite anything in this Act, be served —
by delivering it to him or her;
by delivering it to any adult person residing at his or her last known place of residence or employed at his or her last known place of business; or
by forwarding it by registered post in a cover addressed to him or her at his or her last known place of residence or business or at any address furnished by him or her.
(4)
In proving service by registered post, it is sufficient to prove that the registered cover containing the summons was duly addressed and posted.