Singapore legislation
Regulation 5B
Regulation 5B
Application for permit mentioned in regulation 5A
Subregulation 1
An application for a permit mentioned in regulation 5A to import, export, tranship, or bring in transit, any goods is to be made to the Director‑General —
by the importer, exporter, shipping agent, air cargo agent, freight forwarder or common carrier, as the case may be, or the declarant mentioned in Part IVA; and
in such form and manner as the Director‑General may determine.
Subregulation 2
The applicant must provide the Director‑General with any further document or information that the Director‑General may require in any particular case.
Subregulation 3
The Director‑General may, in any case in which the Director‑General thinks fit, grant or refuse to grant any permit to import, export, tranship, or bring in transit, any goods under paragraph (1).
Subregulation 4
For the purpose of paragraph (3), where an exporter has contravened any provision of the Act or these Regulations or any condition imposed under the Act or these Regulations, whether as an exporter or otherwise, the Director‑General may refuse to grant any permit for the export of such goods by the exporter for such period of time following the contravention as the Director‑General thinks fit.
Subregulation 5
A permit granted under this regulation is subject to such conditions as the Director‑General may impose.
Subregulation 6
A person granted a permit under this regulation must comply with every condition of the permit imposed by the Director‑General under paragraph (5).
Subregulation 7
Any person who contravenes paragraph (6) shall be guilty of an offence.