(4) If any person fails to attend as required by an order under subsection (1)(c), the police officer or authorised officer may report such failure to a Magistrate who may then issue a warrant to secure the attendance of that person as required by the order.
(5) Any person who—
- (a) wilfully mis-states or without lawful excuse refuses to give any information or produce any record, document or copy thereof required of the person by a police officer or an authorised officer under subsection (1); or
- (b) fails to comply with a lawful demand of a police officer or an authorised officer in the discharge by the police officer or authorised officer of the officer’s duties under this section,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(6) To avoid doubt, nothing in this section affects a police officer’s powers or duties under the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68), and any other powers conferred on a police officer or an authorised officer under any other provision in this Act.
Power to enter premises
34.—(1) A police officer or an authorised officer may, after declaring his or her office and, in the case of an authorised officer who is not a police officer, after producing his or her identification card on demand being made—
- (a) enter without notice any premises owned or occupied by any person reasonably suspected of committing an offence under this Act; or
- (b) enter at any reasonable time without notice any premises owned or occupied by an exempt operator, for the purpose of investigating any contravention of Part 5 or any condition of its certificate of exemption which may result in any regulatory sanction under section 30 against the exempt operator.
