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NO. 9 OF 2018
Revocation or suspension of licence
30.—(1) Subject to subsection (4), the licensing officer may by order revoke any licence if the licensing officer is satisfied that—
- (a) the licensee has failed to comply with any condition to which the licence is subject;
- (b) the licence had been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;
- (c) a circumstance existed at the time the licence was granted or renewed that the licensing officer was unaware of, which would have required or permitted the licensing officer to refuse to grant or renew the licensee’s licence if the licensing officer had been aware of the circumstance at that time;
- (d) the licensee has ceased to carry on in Singapore the business for which the licensee is licensed;
- (e) the licensee has been declared bankrupt or has gone into compulsory or voluntary liquidation other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction;
- (f) the licensee has been convicted of an offence under this Act, or an offence involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude;
- (g) the licensee is no longer a fit and proper person to continue to hold the licence; or
- (h) it is undesirable in the public interest for the licensee to continue to carry on the business of a licensee.
(2) Subject to subsection (4), the licensing officer may, in any case in which the licensing officer considers that no cause of sufficient gravity for revoking any licence exists, by order—
- (a) suspend the licence for a period not exceeding 6 months;
- (b) censure the licensee concerned; or
- (c) impose such other conditions as the licensing officer
considers appropriate.
