Clause 268

require any person whom the enforcement officer reasonably believes to have committed that offence to furnish evidence of the person’s identity;

require any person to furnish any information or produce any book or document, or any copy of a book or document, in the possession of that person, and may, without fee or reward, inspect, make copies of or take extracts from such book or document;

require, by order in writing, the attendance before the enforcement officer of any person within the limits of Singapore who, from any information given or otherwise obtained by the enforcement officer, appears to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case;

examine orally any person reasonably believed to be acquainted with the facts or circumstances of the case or with such other matter as the enforcement officer may specify, and reduce into writing the answer given or statement made by that person;

take such photographs or video recordings, as the enforcement officer thinks necessary, of —

the premises in which or in connection with which the enforcement officer reasonably believes an offence has been committed; and

the persons reasonably believed to be acquainted with the facts or circumstances of the case or with such other matter as the enforcement officer may specify; and

require the owner or occupier of any premises in which or in connection with which the enforcement officer reasonably believes an offence has been committed, to give the enforcement officer access to such premises without charge for the purpose of investigating that offence.

be reduced to writing;

be read over to that person;

if that person does not understand English, be interpreted in a language which that person understands; and

after correction, if necessary, be signed by that person.

declare the office of the enforcement officer; and

produce to the person against whom the enforcement officer is acting, such identification card as the Minister may direct to be carried by an enforcement officer exercising powers under this section.

refuses to give access to, or assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays, an enforcement officer in the discharge of the enforcement officer’s duties under this section;

wilfully mis‑states or without lawful excuse refuses to give any information or produce any book or document, or any copy of a book or document, required of that person by an enforcement officer under subsection (1); or

fails to comply with a lawful demand of an enforcement officer in the discharge by the enforcement officer of the enforcement officer’s duties under this section,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.

any reference to an enforcement officer in subsections (1), (4) and (5) is to be read as a reference to the Registrar of Companies, or an officer of the Registrar of Companies, so authorised; and

the reference to the Minister in subsection (4)(b) is to be read as a reference to the Chief Executive of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority appointed under section 10 of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore Act.