Singapore legislation

Clause 11

of Singapore Tourism Board (Amendment) Bill

Clause 11

Amendment of section 25

Section 25 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “wear his or her tourist guide badge prominently on his or her person” in subsection (2)(a) and substituting the words “unless the Board otherwise allows, wear prominently on his or her person any tourist guide badge issued to the licensee that is not in an electronic form,”;

(b)

by deleting the word “A” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “Subject to subsection (3A), a”;

(c)

by deleting the words “must surrender his or her badge” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “that is not in an electronic form must surrender that badge”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(3A) The Board may, instead of requiring a tourist guide badge that is not issued in an electronic form to be surrendered under subsection (3)(b) or (c), require the person to whom the badge was issued to destroy the badge in the manner specified by the Board, and the person must comply with the requirement.”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (3)” in subsection (4), the words “or (3A)”; and

(f)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (6), the following subsection:“(6A) For the purposes of subsection (6)(b), where a tourist guide badge is issued in electronic form, a person sells the tourist guide badge if the person provides another person access to the tourist guide badge (in electronic form) for consideration.”.