Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Control of Import, Export and Transhipment of Meat Products and Fish Products
5. Prohibition of import, export or transhipment of meat products or fish products without licence
Feedback & supportA person must not import, export or tranship any meat product or fish product except under and in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Director‑General under this Part.
tranship
“tranship”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to bring any goods into Singapore by land, sea or air from any place which is outside Singapore and then to remove those goods from the conveyance in which they were brought into Singapore and —(a)return them to that same conveyance; or(b)transfer them to another conveyance for the purpose of being taken out of Singapore,whether those goods are to be transferred directly between conveyances or whether they are to be landed in Singapore after they were brought into Singapore and stored, pending their being taken out of Singapore;
Any person who —
imports, exports or tranships any meat product or fish product without a licence; or
fails to comply with any of the conditions of the person’s licence,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.