Singapore legislation

Clause 18

of Singapore Tourism Board (Amendment) Bill

Clause 18

New sections 32A and 32B

The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 32, the following sections:“Powers to enter and inspect, and conduct surveys, etc.: Part 3AA32A.—

(1)

The Controller or an inspecting officer may, for the purpose of administering, enforcing or monitoring compliance with Part 3AA or regulations made for the purposes of that Part, enter any cruise terminal at any reasonable time to do one or more of the following:

(a)

inspect the cruise terminal, and examine any thing or any activity conducted in or at the cruise terminal; (b)without affecting section 32B, 33 or 35A —

(i)

examine and require the production of any books, documents, electronic records, or other records of any person relating to the business of providing any cruise port services and facilities at the cruise terminal; and

(ii)

make copies or records of, or take possession of, any information contained in any book, document, electronic record or other record mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i);

(c)

take photographs or audio or video recordings of the cruise terminal and any thing or any activity conducted in or at the cruise terminal.(2) The Controller or an inspecting officer may, under a warrant of a Magistrate’s Court or District Court, seize any thing found in or at any cruise terminal which the Controller or inspecting officer reasonably suspects is evidential material relevant to an offence under Part 3AA or regulations made for the purposes of that Part.(3) The Controller may authorise any person to enter a cruise terminal at any reasonable time to do one or more of the following, for one or more purposes in subsection (4):

(a)

take photographs or audio or video recordings of the cruise terminal; (b)conduct surveys for the Controller.(4) The following are the purposes for subsection (3):

(a)

to ascertain the level of operational efficiency at the cruise terminal;

(b)

to ascertain the satisfaction level of any person at the cruise terminal with the services and facilities provided there; (c)to obtain information from cruise ship passengers and crew in connection with Singapore as their travel or tourist destination.Power to obtain information: Parts 3A and 3AA32B.—

(1)

Without affecting section 32A, 33 or 35A, the Board, the Controller or an inspecting officer may, by written notice require a licensee in Part 3A or a cruise terminal licensee in Part 3AA (each called in this section the specified licensee) to provide, within a reasonable period specified in the notice, and in the form and manner that may be specified in the notice, all information and documents which —

(a)

relate to any matter which the Board, the Controller or the inspecting officer considers necessary for the purpose of administering, enforcing or monitoring compliance with Part 3A or 3AA or regulations made for the purposes of Part 3A or 3AA, as the case may be; and

(b)

are —

(i)

within the knowledge of the specified licensee; or

(ii)

in the custody or under the control of the specified licensee.(2) The power to require a specified licensee to provide any information or document under subsection (1) includes the power —

(a)

to require the specified licensee to provide an explanation of the information or document;

(b)

if the information or document is not provided, to require the specified licensee to state, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the specified licensee, where it is; and

(c)

if the information is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the information to be made available to the Board, the Controller or an inspecting officer in legible form.(3) The Board is entitled without payment to keep any information or document, or any copy or extract thereof, provided to the Board, the Controller or an inspecting officer under subsection (1).”.

Clause 18 — Singapore Tourism Board (Amendment) Bill