Private Security Industry Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Offences and Penalties
31. Obstruction of search, etc.
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refuses the licensing officer or any police officer duly authorised in writing in that behalf by the licensing officer (called in this section an authorised police officer) to enter or search or to access to any place;
licensing officer
“licensing officer”, in relation to any provision in this Act, means any licensing officer appointed under section 4(1) for the purposes of that provision, and includes any assistant licensing officer appointed by such a licensing officer under section 4(2) and subject to the licensing officer’s direction and control;
assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays the licensing officer or authorised police officer in effecting any entrance which he or she is entitled to effect under this Act, or in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred by this Act;
officer
“officer”, in relation to a business entity, means —(a)a director, partner, member of the board of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of a business entity that is a body corporate;(b)a partner of a business entity that is a partnership; or(c)a president, secretary, or any member of the committee of management of a business entity that is an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), or any person holding a position analogous to that of president, secretary or member of a committee,and includes a person who can control or substantially influence the conduct of the affairs of the business entity;
fails to comply with any lawful demand of the licensing officer or authorised police officer in the execution of his or her duty under this Act; or
refuses or neglects to give any information to the licensing officer or authorised police officer which may reasonably be required of him or her and which he or she has it in his or her power to give,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.