Singapore legislation

Regulation 28

of Hotels Licensing Regulations 1974

Regulation 28

Record of guests

Subregulation 1

The licensee must keep a record of the particulars of every guest, in which must be entered, before the guest occupies a room, the particulars prescribed in regulation 27(1) and the location of the room.

Subregulation 2

The record mentioned in paragraph (1) may be kept in the form of one or more physical or electronic records as the licensee considers appropriate.

Subregulation 3

Any entry recorded under paragraph (1) in relation to a guest —

(a)

must be acknowledged by or on behalf of that guest using any of the following methods:

(i)

the signature of the guest;

(ii)

the right thumb print of the guest;

(iii)

any other method that the licensee considers appropriate; and

(b)

must be retained by the licensee for a period of not less than 5 years.

Subregulation 4

A licensee, an employee of the licensee or any person required to furnish particulars under regulation 27 must not enter, or cause or allow to be entered, in a record mentioned in paragraph (1), any particulars which the licensee, employee of the licensee or person (as the case may be) knows, or could by the exercise of reasonable diligence have ascertained, to be false.

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