Section 8
Power to request for information
of Singapore Land Authority Act 2001
(1)
Without affecting section 7, the Authority, or any officer authorised on its behalf, may request any person to provide the Authority with information relating to land tenure, land transactions, land ownership, land boundaries or other geographical information.
(2)
A request under subsection (1) —
must be in writing;
must be served on the person to whom it is addressed;
must specify the particulars of information required;
may specify the form in which and the time within which the information is to be provided;
may require the information to be provided periodically at or within the time or times and in the form or forms specified in the request; and
may specify the place or manner at or in which the information is to be delivered.
(3)
Any person who —
wilfully refuses or without lawful excuse (the proof of which lies on the person) neglects —
to provide the information required within the time allowed in any request under subsection (1) for providing the information;
to provide the information in the form specified in any request under subsection (1); or
to deliver the information at the place or in the manner specified in any request under subsection (1) for the delivery thereof; or
wilfully provides or causes to be provided any false information in respect of any matter specified in a request under subsection (1),shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $100 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(4)
Nothing in this section obliges or binds any person to provide any information not in the person’s possession or which the person is prohibited by law from disclosing.