Immunity from suit
3.—(1) No action, suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against—
- (a) any party to a contract for failing, neglecting or refusing to carry out any act required by the contract; or
- (b) any person for failing, neglecting or refusing to carry out any act under any written law,
where such failure, neglect or refusal is solely attributable to, or occasioned by, the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder.
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the operation of the Frustrated Contracts Act (Cap. 115).
Protection of persons for acts done under this Act
4. No person shall be personally liable in respect of any act done by him in the execution or purported execution of this Act or any regulations made thereunder if he did it in the honest belief that his duty under this Act or any regulations made thereunder required or entitled him to do it.
Liability for breach of regulations
5.—(1) Every person who commits, or attempts to commit, or does any act with intent to commit, or counsels, procures, aids, abets, or incites any other person to commit, or conspires with any other person (whether in Singapore or elsewhere) to commit any offence against any regulations made under this Act shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.
(2) Nothing in this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall prevent any person from being prosecuted under any other written law for any act or omission which constitutes an offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder, or from being liable under that other written law to any punishment or penalty higher or other than that provided by this Act or the regulations, but no person shall be punished twice for the same offence.
