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LIQUOR CONTROL (SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION)
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entrant entry to the Liquor Control Zone for a stated reasonable time of not more than 24 hours.

(3) Without prejudice to subsection (4), if an entrant contravenes or attempts to contravene any direction given by a police officer or an approved person under subsection (2), the police officer or approved person (as the case may be) may use reasonable force to remove the entrant from, or to prevent the entrant from entering or re-entering, the Liquor Control Zone, as the case may be.

(4) An entrant who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes any direction by a police officer or an approved person under subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

PART 5
ENFORCEMENT

Power to require information

21.—(1) Where a police officer or an approved person reasonably suspects that any individual has committed or is committing any offence under this Act, the police officer or approved person may ask the individual—

(a) to state the individual's name and residence; and
(b) if found in possession of any liquor, to state how or where the individual acquired the liquor.

(2) An individual who fails to comply with the request of a police officer or an approved person under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

(3) In this section, "residence", in relation to an individual, means the address of the place where the individual usually lives in Singapore.