Singapore legislation

Section 41A

of Environmental Public Health Act 1987

Section 41A

Penalties for offences under this Part

Amended by15/201415/2014

(1)

Any person who contravenes section 32(1), 33, 34(1), 35, 36, 37(5), 38(1), 39(1) or (2), 40(1) or (9) or 41(1) shall be guilty of an offence and —

(a)

in the case of any contravention of section 33, 34(1), 37(5), 39(2) or 41(1) —

(i)

the person shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

(ii)

where the person is a repeat offender, the person shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both; and

(b)

in the case of any contravention of section 32(1), 35, 36, 38(1), 39(1) or 40(1) or (9) —

(i)

the person shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000; and

(ii)

where the person is a repeat offender, the person shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

Amended by15/2014

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (1) if the person who is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence under that subsection (called the current offence) for contravening section 32(1), 33, 34(1), 35, 36, 37(5), 38(1), 39(1) or (2), 40(1) or (9) or 41(1) —

(a)

has been convicted or found guilty on at least one other earlier occasion of an offence under that subsection for contravening the same provision as the current offence; or

(b)

has (whether before, on or after 1 April 2014) been convicted or found guilty on at least one other earlier occasion of an offence under section 42(1) in force immediately before that date for contravening the same provision as the current offence.

Amended by15/2014