Singapore legislation

Clause 20

New section 86A and Division heading

The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 86, the following section and Division heading:“Offence for carrying on or advertising security activity86A.—

(1)

Any person who —

(a)

is not an employer of an Auxiliary Police Force the creation of which is authorised by the Commissioner under section 86(1); and

(b)

does any of the following:

(i)

in the course of any business carry on any security activity;

(ii)

advertise or in any way hold out that the person carries on, or is willing to carry on, for a fee or reward any security activity,shall be guilty of an offence.(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

in the case of an individual —

(i)

to a fine not exceeding $500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both; and

(ii)

in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $50,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; or

(b)

in any other case —

(i)

to a fine not exceeding $1 million; and

(ii)

in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $100,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.“Division 1B Monitoring control of certain employers of Auxiliary Police Force”.

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