Hire-Purchase Act 1969 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · General
36. Hirer may be required to state where goods are
Feedback & supportThe owner of any goods comprised in a regulated agreement may —
owner
“owner” means a person by whom goods are bailed to a hirer under a hire‑purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement and includes a person whom the owner’s rights or liabilities under the agreement have passed by assignment or by operation of law;
at any time by notice in writing served on the hirer of the goods, require him to state in writing where the goods are; or
if the goods are not in the possession of the hirer, to whom he delivered the goods or the circumstances under which he lost possession of them.
Any hirer who —
hirer
“hirer” means the person who takes or has taken goods from an owner under a hire‑purchase agreement or a conditional sale agreement and includes a person to whom the hirer’s rights or liabilities under the agreement have passed by assignment or by operation of law;
does not, within 7 business days after the receipt of such a notice, give to the owner such a statement; or
gives a statement containing any information that is to the knowledge of the hirer false,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.