Singapore legislation

Regulation 7

of Secondhand Goods Dealers Rules

Regulation 7

Transaction records

Amended byS 75/2021 wef 02/02/2021S 100/2026 wef 09/03/2026S 520/2023 wef 31/12/2021

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 75/2021 wef 02/02/2021S 100/2026 wef 09/03/2026

For the purposes of section 10(1) of the Act, every secondhand goods dealer shall keep in his shop in the appropriate form records of the following particulars:

(a)

with respect to each of the secondhand goods purchased or sold by him —

(i)

the date of the purchase or sale;

(ii)

the description of the goods (including the brand, make and model, if any);

(iii)

the serial number of the goods (if any) and, in the case of mobile phones, the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number;

(iv)

the price at which he purchased or sold the goods;

(v)

the estimated market or retail value of the goods; and

(vi)

the source of the goods;

(b)

with respect to every person from whom he purchased or to whom he sold the secondhand goods —

(i)

the person’s name;

(ii)

the person’s identification number (such as NRIC number, foreign identification number, passport number or business registration number);

(iii)

the person’s residential or business address;

(iv)

the person’s nationality;

(v)

the person’s gender; and

(vi)

in the case of the holder of a foreign passport, the person’s date of birth;

(c)

with respect to any item purchased by him falling within the description of item 9 or 10 of the Schedule to the Act — the weight of the item;

(d)

with respect to any pawn ticket purchased or sold by him —

(i)

the number of the pawn ticket; and

(ii)

the items described in the pawn ticket.

Subregulation 2

A secondhand goods dealer shall record the particulars referred to in paragraph (1) in respect of each of the secondhand goods purchased or sold by him as soon as practicable after, but within the same day of, the purchase or sale of the secondhand goods.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 520/2023 wef 31/12/2021

The records kept by the secondhand goods dealer in the appropriate form under paragraph (1) shall be the records which the secondhand goods dealer must —

(a)

submit to the Licensing Officer for the purposes of section 10(2) of the Act;

(b)

retain for the purposes of section 10(3) of the Act; and

(c)

produce to a Magistrate, a Justice of the Peace, the Licensing Officer or a police officer for the purposes of section 10(4) of the Act.

Subregulation 4

A secondhand goods dealer who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.