Singapore legislation
Clause 92
Clause 92
Power to obtain documents and information — investigation officers
(1)
An investigation officer may, by written notice, require any person to provide, within a reasonable period or at the time or frequency, and in the form or manner, specified in the notice, any document or information —
that the investigation officer considers necessary —
to determine the person’s compliance with this Act, including whether an offence under this Act has been committed;
to determine the person’s compliance with any direction, notice or order issued under this Act;
to determine whether information provided to the Minister or an authorised officer under a provision of this Act is correct; or
to determine whether the person’s practices and procedures are in compliance with an applicable code of practice; and
that is —
within the knowledge of that person; or
in the custody or under the control of that person.
(2)
The power under subsection (1) to require a person to provide any document or information includes the power —
to require that person, or any individual who is or was an officer or employee of the person, to provide an explanation of the document or information;
if the document or information is not provided, to require that person to state, to the best of the knowledge and belief of that person, where it is;
if the document or information is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the document or information to be made available to the authorised officer in legible form; and
if the document or information is stored in a computer or other electronic device, and the person or individual is reasonably suspected to have knowledge of or access to any username, password or other authentication information required to gain access to the document or information, to require the person or individual to provide assistance (including but not limited to providing any username, password or other authentication information) to gain access to the computer or electronic device and the document or information in the computer or electronic device.
(3)
An investigation officer is entitled without payment to keep any document or information, or any copy or extract of any document or information, provided to the investigation officer under subsection (1).