Public Utilities Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Offences
55. Police officer, authorised officer or authorised person may require evidence of identity in certain cases
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Any police officer, authorised officer or such other person as may be authorised by the Board for the purposes of this section (called in this section an authorised person) who reasonably believes that any person has committed an offence under this Act may require that person to furnish evidence of his or her identity and the person must thereupon furnish such evidence of his or her identity as may be required by the police officer, authorised officer or authorised person, as the case may be.
officer
“officer”, in relation to a corporation, includes —(a)a director or secretary of, or a person employed in an executive capacity by, the corporation;(b)any receiver or manager, or any receiver and manager, of any part of the undertaking of the corporation, appointed under a power contained in any instrument or by the General Division of the High Court or by creditors;(c)any liquidator of the corporation appointed in a voluntary winding up or by the General Division of the High Court or by creditors; and(d)any judicial manager of the corporation appointed by the General Division of the High Court under Part 7 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018;
The occupier of any premises must, if required by any police officer, authorised officer or authorised person, furnish the occupier’s name and the name and address of the owner of the premises, if known.
occupier
“occupier” means the person in occupation of any premises and includes the person having the charge, management or control of the premises either on the person’s own account or as agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;
Any person who —
refuses to furnish any information required of the person by any police officer, authorised officer or authorised person under this section; or
wilfully misstates such information,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.