Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
Regulation 10
Duty of secondhand goods dealer to screen secondhand goods
Subregulation 1
Every secondhand goods dealer must, before purchasing or selling any secondhand goods specified in paragraph (2), screen the secondhand goods by submitting such particulars of the secondhand goods as the Licensing Officer may require through —
the Internet website of the Secondhand Goods Transaction Records System (SHOTS) at https://www.police.gov.sg/Business-E-Services/Submit-Secondhand-Goods-Transaction-Record; or
such other means as the Licensing Officer may determine.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), the specified secondhand goods are —
from 1st November 2013, any secondhand goods falling within the description of item 3 of the Schedule to the Act; (b)from 1st January 2014, any secondhand goods falling within the description of items 1, 2 and 4 of the Schedule to the Act; and
from 31 July 2023, any secondhand goods falling within the description of item 8 of the Schedule to the Act.
Subregulation 3
A secondhand goods dealer must obtain the particulars specified in rule 7(1)(b) of a person offering to sell any secondhand goods to the secondhand goods dealer before performing the screening under paragraph (1) in respect of the secondhand goods.
Subregulation 4
A secondhand goods dealer must, upon discovering, whether as a result of screening under paragraph (1) or otherwise, that any of the secondhand goods the secondhand goods dealer intends to purchase or sell is stolen, lost or reported to be stolen or lost —
make a report to the police without undue delay;
provide any particulars obtained under paragraph (3) to the police; and
take reasonable steps to detain any secondhand goods if it is in the secondhand goods dealer’s possession and deliver the secondhand goods to the police.
Subregulation 5
A secondhand goods dealer who contravenes paragraph (1), (3) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence.
Subregulation 6
In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (5) for contravening paragraph (1), it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove, on a balance of probabilities, that —
he made an attempt to screen the secondhand goods in accordance with paragraph (1); and
the Internet website or other means referred to in paragraph (1) was inaccessible to the public during the attempt.