Singapore legislation
Clause 8
of Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) (Amendment) Bill
Clause 8
New section 18A
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 18, the following section:“Power of Public Trustee to obtain information18A.—
The Public Trustee may by notice in writing require a person to furnish, within such period and in such manner specified in the notice, any document or information that the Public Trustee may reasonably require for the discharge of his duties or functions, or the exercise of his powers, under this Act.(2) The Public Trustee shall be entitled without payment to keep any copy of or extract from a document furnished under subsection (1).(3) Any person who —
without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any requirement under subsection (1); or
in purported compliance with any requirement under subsection (1), knowingly or recklessly furnishes to the Public Trustee any document or information that is false or misleading in a material particular,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.”.