licence if the licensing officer is satisfied that —
(a) the licensee has failed to comply with any condition to which the licence is
subject;
(b) the licence had been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;
(c) a circumstance existed at the time the licence was granted or renewed that
the licensing officer was unaware of, which would have required or
permitted the licensing officer to refuse to grant or renew the licensee’s
licence if the licensing officer had been aware of the circumstance at that
time;
(d) the licensee has ceased to carry on in Singapore the business for which the
licensee is licensed;
(e) the licensee has been declared bankrupt or has gone into compulsory or
voluntary liquidation other than for the purpose of amalgamation or
reconstruction;
(f) the licensee has been convicted of an offence under this Act, or an offence
involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude;
(g) the licensee is no longer a fit and proper person to continue to hold the
licence; or
(h) it is undesirable in the public interest for the licensee to continue to carry
on the business of a licensee.
(2) Subject to subsection (4), the licensing officer may, in any case in which the
licensing officer considers that no cause of sufficient gravity for revoking any licence
exists, by order —
(a) suspend the licence for a period not exceeding 6 months;
(b) censure the licensee concerned; or
(c) impose such other conditions as the licensing officer considers appropriate.
(3) The licensing officer must give the licensee written notice of —
(a) the licensing officer’s intention to exercise any power under subsection (1)
or (2); and
(b) the date on which the licensing officer intends to exercise the power.
(4) The licensing officer must not, during a period of 14 days after the licensing
officer informs the licensee of such intention, exercise any power under subsection (1) or
(2) unless the licensee concerned is given an opportunity to be heard, whether in person
Singapore Statutes Online
Published in Acts Supplement on 12 Mar 2018
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