On 20/06/2013,
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126.
—(1) The Commissioner may by notice require an owner developer of a development, the relevant member in the council of any management corporation or the executive committee of any subsidiary management corporation —
(a)
to produce for inspection, without fee or reward, by the Commissioner or a person authorised by the Commissioner, any such books, registers, documents or other records relating to the maintenance of any development or the management of the management corporation or (as the case may be) subsidiary management corporation as the Commissioner may reasonably require for the purposes of the carrying out of his functions under this Act; or
(b)
to furnish the Commissioner, or a person authorised by the Commissioner, with such information or explanation relating to the maintenance of any development or the management of the management corporation or (as the case may be) subsidiary management corporation as the Commissioner may reasonably so require,
and to do so within such reasonable time as is specified in the notice.
(2) The Commissioner or a person authorised by him may without fee or reward —
(a)
make copies of or extracts from, or records of any information contained in, any books, registers, documents or other records produced under subsection (1)(a); or
(b)
make copies of or extracts from or records of any information or explanation furnished under subsection (1)(b).
(3) The Commissioner or a person authorised in writing by the Commissioner may, for the purposes of the carrying out of his functions under this Act, enter at any reasonable time any premises occupied by an owner developer, or a management corporation or subsidiary management corporation, as the case may be, and having entered any such premises may —
(a)
inspect any book, register, document or other records relating to the management or the income and expenditure of the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation; and
(b)
make copies of, or records of any information contained in, any such books, registers, documents or other records.
(4) Where any such records as are mentioned in subsection (1) or (3) are kept in electronic form, then —
(a)
the power of the Commissioner under subsection (1) to require any such records to be produced for inspection includes power to require a copy of the records to be made available for inspection in legible form (and subsection (2)(a) shall accordingly apply in relation to any copy so made available); and
(b)
the power of any person (referred to in this subsection as the inspector) under subsection (3) to inspect any such records includes power to require any person on the premises in question to give the inspector such assistance as the inspector may reasonably require to enable him —
(i)
to inspect and make copies of the records in legible form or to make records of information contained in them; or
(ii)
to inspect and check the operation of any computer, and any associated apparatus or material, that is or has been in use in connection with the keeping of the records.
(5) In addition to the powers conferred on him by subsections (1) and (2), the Commissioner or a person authorised by him may require, by order in writing, the attendance before the Commissioner or authorised person of —
(a)
an owner developer of any development or an employee thereof within the limits of Singapore who, from any information given or otherwise obtained by the Commissioner, appears to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case; or
(b)
the relevant member in the council of any management corporation or the executive committee of any subsidiary management corporation, any managing agent, or any employee thereof, who, from any information given or otherwise obtained by the Commissioner, appears to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case.
(6) Any person who —
(a)
refuses to give access to, or assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays, the Commissioner or a person authorised under this section in the discharge of the duties by the Commissioner or such person under this Act;
(b)
without reasonable excuse, refuses to give any information or produce any book, register, document or copy thereof required of him by the Commissioner or such person under subsection (1); or
(c)
without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a lawful demand of the Commissioner or such person in the discharge by the Commissioner or such person of his duties under this section,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.
(7) The powers conferred by virtue of subsection (1) may only be exercised by the Commissioner (or, as the case may be, by a person authorised by the Commissioner) for or in connection with obtaining such information or explanations relating to the owner developer, management corporation or subsidiary management corporation, as the case may be, as the Commissioner may reasonably require for the purpose of monitoring compliance on the part of owner developers, management corporations and subsidiary management corporations with the requirements imposed by or by virtue of this Act.
[BCPA (repealed), s. 21]