Singapore legislation
Clause 58
Clause 58
False or misleading information, statement or document, etc.
(1)
A person must not —
in relation to the person’s application, or in support of an application by another, for any incentive, grant or loan from the Agency, make, or authorise the making of, a statement that the person knows to be false or misleading in any material particular;
in providing any document or information required under section 47 or 48, or to the Agency in connection with any function or power of the Agency under this Act, provide any document or information that the person knows to be false or misleading in any material particular; or
intentionally alter, suppress or destroy any document or information which the person is required to provide under section 47 or 48.
(2)
A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(3)
To avoid doubt, it is not a defence in any proceedings for an offence under subsection (2) for contravening subsection (1)(a) that the accused did not obtain any incentive, grant or loan from the Agency.
(4)
The court before which a person is convicted of an offence of contravening subsection (1)(a) may, in addition to imposing the punishment under subsection (2), order the person to repay to the Agency an amount —
equivalent to the amount of the incentive, grant or loan that the Agency gave to the person as a result of the false or misleading statement mentioned in subsection (1)(a); but(b)which excludes any amount that the Agency would have given the person without that false or misleading statement.
(5)
Section 51(2) and (3) applies to an order of the court for the repayment under subsection (4), with the necessary modifications.