Singapore legislation

Clause 5

of Regulation of Imports and Exports (Amendment) Bill

Clause 5

Amendment of section 30

Section 30 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The Director-General may require the following persons to produce any document and furnish any information the Director‑General considers necessary for the effective exercise of the Director‑General’s powers and performance of the Director‑General’s duties under this Act or the regulations made under this Act:

(a)

any person by or on whose behalf goods have been, or are in the course of being, or are about to be —

(i)

imported, exported, carried coastwise, shipped as ships’ stores, carried as aircraft stores, or transhipped; or

(ii)

brought in transit through Singapore on board a vessel and a requirement to inspect goods on board the vessel is imposed pursuant to any written law giving effect to any relevant decision of the United Nations Security Council;

(b)

any person who is or has been concerned or interested in those goods or in their import, export, carriage coastwise, shipment as ships’ stores, carriage as aircraft stores, transhipment, or transit through Singapore.”.

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