Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Prescribed Infringements
25D. Recovery of financial penalties
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Any person who has been determined to have committed a prescribed infringement and fails to pay the financial penalty imposed by the Controller by the date specified under section 25C(6)(a) is liable to pay to the Controller interest on the amount unpaid at the same rate as for a judgment debt.
prescribed infringement
“prescribed infringement” means —(a)any contravention of section 9(1), 25(1), (2), (3) or (4) or 25A(2);(b)any contravention of any provision in the regulations made under this Act that is prescribed as a prescribed infringement; or(c)the abetment, within the meaning of section 25F, of any contravention mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);
Any financial penalty payable in respect of a prescribed infringement and any interest thereon is recoverable by the Controller, or any person duly authorised by the Controller to act on the Controller’s behalf, as a debt due to the Government.
Controller
“Controller” means the Controller of Work Passes appointed under section 3;
The Controller may, in any case in which the Controller thinks fit, waive, remit or refund in whole or in part any financial penalty imposed or any interest due thereon.
In any proceedings for the recovery of any financial penalty or interest due thereon which any person is liable to pay, a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Controller certifying the amount of the financial penalty or interest due thereon that is payable by the person is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.