Singapore Tourism Board Act 1963 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3B · Powers of Enforcement, Etc.
32B. Power to obtain information: Parts 3A and 3AA
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Without affecting section 32A, 33 or 35A, the Board, the Controller or an inspecting officer may, by written notice require a licensee in Part 3A or a cruise terminal licensee in Part 3AA (each called in this section the specified licensee) to provide, within a reasonable period specified in the notice, and in the form and manner that may be specified in the notice, all information and documents which —
relate to any matter which the Board, the Controller or the inspecting officer considers necessary for the purpose of administering, enforcing or monitoring compliance with Part 3A or 3AA or regulations made for the purposes of Part 3A or 3AA, as the case may be; and
are —
within the knowledge of the specified licensee; or
in the custody or under the control of the specified licensee.
The power to require a specified licensee to provide any information or document under subsection (1) includes the power —
licensee
“licensee” means a person who is granted a licence, or whose licence is renewed, under section 23(4)(a);
to require the specified licensee to provide an explanation of the information or document;
if the information or document is not provided, to require the specified licensee to state, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the specified licensee, where it is; and
if the information is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the information to be made available to the Board, the Controller or an inspecting officer in legible form.
The Board is entitled without payment to keep any information or document, or any copy or extract thereof, provided to the Board, the Controller or an inspecting officer under subsection (1).
inspecting officer
“inspecting officer” means any person appointed as an inspecting officer under section 11(2);