Singapore legislation

Clause 43

of Environmental Pollution Control Bill

Clause 43

Power to demand names and addresses

(1)

The Director or any authorised officer may require the owner or occupier of any premises or any principal contractor referred to in section 35 to give his name and address and such other proof of identity, and to furnish such other particulars, as the Director or authorised officer may require for the purposes of this Act.

(2)

Any person who, upon being required by the Director or any authorised officer to give his name and address or other proof of identity or to furnish any particulars under subsection (1), refuses to do so or wilfully mis-states his name and address or proof of identity or furnishes false particulars shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

(3)

The Director may, by notice in writing, require any person to furnish such other information as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act or the regulations.

(4)

Any person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement of subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.