Director may seek information for declarations and consultation purposes
13.—(1) This section shall apply if the Director considers that any person is capable of giving information that is relevant to a declaration required to be given by Singapore to the Organisation under the Convention.
(2) The Director may, by written notice given to the person, require the person to give such information to the Director—
- (a) if the person is a natural person, by writing signed by the person; or
- (b) if the person is a body corporate, by writing signed by an officer authorised to sign on behalf of the body corporate,
within such reasonable period and in such manner as is specified in the notice.
(3) The Director may, by written notice given to a person, require the person to give to the Director particular documents, or documents of a particular kind, specified in the notice, within such reasonable period as is specified in the notice.
(4) Any person who, intentionally or recklessly refuses or fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with a notice under this section to the extent that the person is capable of complying with it shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(5) The power of the Director under this section to require a person to give information or documents to the Director is in addition to any obligation to give information or documents that the person may have under section 12.
False or misleading statements and documents
14. Any person who, in any document prepared pursuant to this Part, makes a statement or omits any matter knowing that, or being reckless as to whether, the statement or omission makes the document false or misleading in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
