Singapore legislation
Clause 17
Clause 17
Non-compliance with information notice
(1)
If, at any time after the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which an information notice has been served on any person, such person has not complied with the requirements of the notice, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)
It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that he did not know, and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained, the information required.
(3)
A person shall be guilty of an offence if he —
makes any statement purporting to comply with a requirement of an information notice which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or
recklessly makes such a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular.
(4)
A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $100 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.