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Rh No costs or damages or other relief arising from seizure to be recoverable unless seizure without reasonable or probable cause

79. No person shall, in any proceedings before any court in respect of any equipment, article or document seized in the exercise or the purported exercise of any power conferred under this Act, be entitled to the costs of the proceedings or to any damages or other relief other than an order for the return of the equipment, article or document or the payment of their value unless the seizure was made without reasonable or probable cause.

Powers of enforcement

80.—(1) In addition to the powers conferred on him by this Act or any other written law, an officer or employee of the Commission may, in relation to any offence under this Act, on declaration of his office and production to the person against whom he is acting such identification card as the Chief Executive may direct to be carried by officers or employees of the Commission—
 * (a) require any person whom he reasonably believes to have committed that offence to furnish evidence of the person’s identity;
 * (b) require any person to furnish any information or produce any document or copy thereof in the possession of that person, and may, without fee or reward, inspect, make copies or extracts from such document; and
 * (c) require, by order in writing, the attendance before the officer or employee of any person being within the limits of Singapore who, from the information given or otherwise obtained by the officer or employee, appears to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case.

(2) Any person who—
 * (a) wilfully mis-states or without lawful excuse refuses to give any information or produce any document or copy thereof required of him by an officer or employee of the Commission under subsection (1); or
 * (b) fails to comply with a lawful demand of an officer or employee of the Commission in the discharge of his duties by such officer or employee under this Act,