Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill

Clause 12

New section 23A

The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 23, the following section:“Powers of national inspectors if vehicle has been used, etc., in contravention of section 9A23A.—

(1)

Where a national inspector has reason to suspect that any vehicle has been used, or is being used, in contravention of section 9A, the national inspector may —

(a)

stop and board the vehicle and exercise any inspection power for a compliance purpose;

(b)

seize any matter or thing from the vehicle that the national inspector reasonably believes to be the subject matter of, or to be connected with the commission of, an offence under that section; and

(c)

arrest any individual whom the national inspector has reason to believe has committed any offence under that section, if the individual’s name and address are unknown to the national inspector and —

(i)

the individual refuses to give the individual’s name and address when required by the national inspector; or

(ii)

there is reason to doubt the accuracy of the name or address, if given.(2) Where a national inspector seizes any matter or thing under subsection (1)(b), the national inspector must give to the owner of the matter or thing a written inventory of all matters or things so seized.(3) Any matter or thing seized under subsection (1)(b) may be kept or stored at such premises as the Director‑General may determine, and the owner must bear all reasonable costs and expenses arising from the keeping or storage of the matter or thing.”.