Singapore legislation
Section 108
Section 108
Employee of Board may require evidence of identity in certain cases
(1)
In addition to the powers conferred on him or her by this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, an officer or employee of the Board may, in relation to any offence under this Act or such subsidiary legislation, on declaration of his or her office and production to the person against whom he or she is acting such identification card as the Chief Executive Officer may direct to be carried by officers or employees of the Board —
require any person whom he or she reasonably believes to have committed that offence to provide evidence of the person’s identity;
require any person to provide any information or produce any book, document or other record or a copy thereof in the possession of that person, and may, without fee or reward, inspect, make copies of or take extracts from the book, document or other record; or
require, by written order, the attendance before the officer or employee of any person within the limits of Singapore who, from any information given or otherwise obtained by the officer or employee, appears to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case.
(2)
Where any record mentioned in subsection (1)(b) is kept in electronic form, then —
the power of an officer or employee of the Board under subsection (1) to require the record to be produced for inspection includes power to require a copy of the record to be made available for inspection in legible form; and
the power of any officer or employee of the Board under subsection (1) to inspect the record includes power to require any person in question to give the officer or employee such assistance as he or she may reasonably require to enable him or her —
to inspect and make copies of the record in legible form or to make a record of information contained in that record; or
to inspect and check the operation of any computer, and any associated apparatus or material, that is or has been in use in connection with the keeping of that record.
(3)
Any person who —
refuses to give access to, or assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays, an officer or employee of the Board in the discharge of the officer’s or employee’s duties under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act;
wilfully misstates or without lawful excuse refuses to give any information or produce any book, document or other record or a copy thereof required of the person by an officer or employee of the Board under subsection (1); or
fails to comply with a lawful demand of an officer or employee of the Board in the discharge of the officer’s or employee’s duties under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.
(4)
Any Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988 or —
any member of the Town Council or of any committee of the Town Council appointed under section 45 of that Act; or
any employee of the Town Council,to whom the Board has delegated any of its powers under section 35(6) who reasonably believes that any person has committed an offence under any rules made under this Act within the Town of the Town Council, may, subject to the production of his or her authority when requested, require the person to provide evidence of the person’s identity, and that person must thereupon provide such evidence of the person’s identity as may be so required.
(5)
Any person who refuses to provide any information required of the person by any police officer, employee of the Board or person referred to in subsection (4), or wilfully misstates such information, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.[80