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(a) to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; or
(b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

(8) Where a control order is in force and it appears to the Minister that it is necessary to facilitate the deployment of any land, undertaking or other resources for the purpose of the control order, that necessity is deemed as a necessity for the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community, for the purposes of section 2 of the Requisition of Resources Act (Cap. 273).

(9) In this section, "premises" includes any place, building or part of a building, whether open or enclosed, and whether public or private.

Enforcement of control order

35.—(1) The Minister may appoint the following persons as enforcement officers for the purposes of this part, subject to any conditions or restrictions as the Minister thinks fit:

(a) a police officer;
(b) a Health Officer appointed under section 4(1)(a) or (b) of the Infectious Diseases Act;
(c) a public officer;
(d) an officer of a statutory body;
(e) an auxiliary police officer;
(f) an employee of a prescribed institution under the Infectious Diseases Act, except for the purposes of subsection (2)(b).

(2) Without affecting an offence under section 34(7), an enforcement officer may, for the purposes of enforcing compliance with a control order—

(a) direct any individual or group of individuals to do one or more of the following: