Clause 15

All notices and other documents of any nature that the Director‑General is empowered to give under this Act may —

be in any form the Director‑General thinks fit; and

subject to the direction of the Director‑General, be given by an authorised officer on behalf of the Director‑General.(2) Where any notice or document mentioned in subsection (1) requires authentication, the signature (or an official facsimile of the signature) of the Director‑General or an authorised officer affixed to the notice or document is sufficient authentication.Inaccuracies in notices and other documents16.—

A misnomer or an inaccurate description of any wildlife, person, place, article or conveyance named or described in any notice or other document prepared, issued or served under, by reason of or for the purposes of this Act does not in any way affect the operation of this Act as respects that wildlife, person, place, article or conveyance if that wildlife, person, place, article or conveyance is so designated in the notice or other document as to be identifiable.(2) Proceedings taken under or by reason of this Act are not invalid for want of form.Evidence

the exercise or purported exercise of any power under this Act; or

the performance or purported performance of any function under this Act.Service of documents19.—

A document that is permitted or required by this Act to be served on a person may be served as described in this section.(2) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on an individual may be served —

by giving it to the individual personally;

by sending it by prepaid registered post to the address specified by the individual for the service of documents or, if no address is so specified, the individual’s residential address or business address;

by leaving it at the individual’s residential address with an adult apparently resident there, or at the individual’s business address with an adult apparently employed there;

by affixing a copy of the document in a conspicuous place at the individual’s residential address or business address;

by sending it by fax to the fax number last known to the person giving or serving the document as the fax number for the service of documents on the individual; or

by sending it by email to the individual’s last email address.(3) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership) may be served —

by giving it to any partner or other similar officer of the partnership;

by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the partnership’s business address;

by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the partnership’s business address; or

by sending it by email to the partnership’s last email address.(4) A document permitted or required by this Act to be served on a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership) or an unincorporated association may be served —

by giving it to the secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or unincorporated association, or the limited liability partnership’s manager;

by leaving it at, or by sending it by prepaid registered post to, the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s registered office or principal office in Singapore;

by sending it by fax to the fax number used at the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s registered office or principal office in Singapore; or

by sending it by email to the body corporate’s or unincorporated association’s last email address.(5) Service of a document under this section takes effect —

if the document is sent by fax and a notification of successful transmission is received, on the day of transmission;

if the document is sent by email, at the time that the email becomes capable of being retrieved by the person to whom it is sent; and

if the document is sent by prepaid registered post, 2 days after the day the document was posted (even if it is returned undelivered).(6) However, service of any document under this Act on a person by email may be effected only with the person’s prior consent to service in that way.(7) This section does not apply to documents to be served in proceedings in court.(8) In this section —“business address” means —

in the case of an individual, the individual’s usual or last known place of business in Singapore; or

in the case of a partnership (other than a limited liability partnership), the partnership’s principal or last known place of business in Singapore;“last email address” means the last email address given by the addressee concerned to the person giving or serving the document as the email address for the service of documents under this Act;“residential address” means an individual’s usual or last known place of residence in Singapore.Exemption

The Minister may make rules necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.(2) In particular, the Minister may make rules for all or any of the following:

the control, registration or management of wildlife or any class of wildlife;

procedures for the inspection of places or conveyances under this Act;

applications for the Director‑General’s approval under this Act and related procedures;

the prescribing of fees for the purposes of this Act;

the prescribing of anything that is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Act.(3) Rules made under this section may —

prescribe the offences under this Act that may be compounded; and

provide that the contravention of any provision of the rules shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $50,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or with both.”.