exceeding $10,000 for each contravention or failure to comply, but not exceeding in the aggregate $50,000. (3) The order mentioned in subsection (2) must specify the date by which the financial penalty is to be paid. Licensing officer to give opportunity to make representations before ordering financial penalty 33.—(1) Subsections (2) to (6) apply before the licensing officer makes an order under section 32(2). (2) The licensing officer must give the licensee written notice of — (a) the licensing officer’s intention to make the order under section 32(2); and (b) the date on which the licensing officer intends to make the order. (3) The date mentioned in subsection (2)(b) must not be earlier than 21 days after the date of the written notice in subsection (2). (4) The licensee may make representations to the licensing officer at any time before the date mentioned in subsection (2)(b). (5) The licensing officer must consider any representation made by the licensee before the date mentioned in subsection (2)(b). (6) The licensing officer must, on or after the date mentioned in subsection (2)(b), give the licensee written notice of the licensing officer’s final decision. Recovery of financial penalties 34.—(1) Any person who fails to pay any financial penalty imposed by the licensing officer by the date specified in the order under section 32(2) or where there is an appeal to the Minister, by the date specified by the Minister, is liable to pay to the licensing officer interest on the amount unpaid at the same rate as for a judgment debt. (2) Any financial penalty payable pursuant to an order under section 32(2), and any interest under subsection (1), is recoverable by the licensing officer, or any person duly authorised by the licensing officer to act on his or her behalf, as a debt due to the Government. (3) The licensing officer may, in any case in which the licensing officer thinks fit, waive, remit or refund in whole or in part any financial penalty imposed or any interest due on any financial penalty. (4) Any financial penalty and any interest on any financial penalty collected under Singapore Statutes Online Published in Acts Supplement on 12 Mar 2018 PDF created date on: 30 Aug 2022