Environmental Public Health Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Food Establishments, Markets and Hawkers
41A. Penalties for offences under this Part
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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 —
in the case of any contravention of section 33, 34(1), 37(5), 39(2) or 41(1) —
the person shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000; and
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
in the case of any contravention of section 32(1), 35, 36, 38(1), 39(1) or 40(1) or (9) —
the person shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000; and
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.
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) —
offender
“offender” means a person who is 16 years of age or above who is convicted of an offence under section 17 or 19;
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
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.