Singapore legislation

Clause 62

of Work Injury Compensation Bill

Clause 62

Offence of false or misleading information to obtain or avoid compensation

(1)

A person who —

(a)

makes any statement; or

(b)

provides, or causes to be provided, any document or information,that the person knows or ought reasonably to know is false or misleading in any material particular or is misleading by reason of the omission of any material particular, to the Commissioner or an investigation officer for the purposes of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(c)

to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; or

(d)

if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

(2)

A person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (1)(a) or (b) if the person who is convicted of an offence under subsection (1)(a) or (b) has been convicted on at least one other earlier occasion of —

(a)

an offence under subsection (1)(a) or (b); or

(b)

an offence under section 35(2)(c) of the repealed Act, whether the conviction was before, on or after the date of commencement of this section.

(3)

A person who dishonestly —

(a)

obtains compensation under this Act or causes another person to obtain such compensation; or

(b)

avoids or causes another person to avoid the whole or part of that person’s, or that other person’s, liability to pay compensation under this Act,by making any statement, or providing (or causing to be provided) any document or information, which that person knows or ought reasonably to know is false or misleading in any material particular or is misleading by reason of the omission of any material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(c)

to a fine not exceeding $15,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or

(d)

if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $30,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(4)

A person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (3)(a) or (b) if the person who is convicted of —

(a)

an offence under subsection (3)(a) has been convicted on at least one other earlier occasion of —

(i)

an offence under subsection (3)(a) or (b); or

(ii)

an offence under section 35(2)(f) of the repealed Act, whether the conviction was before, on or after the date of commencement of this section; or

(b)

an offence under subsection (3)(b) has been convicted on at least one other earlier occasion of an offence under subsection (3)(a) or (b).

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