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Rh Power to obtain information

29.—(1) The Director may, by notice in writing served on any person, require that person to furnish him, within such time and in such form as is specified in the notice, any information specified in the notice which he may reasonably require for the purpose of exercising and performing his functions, duties or powers under this Act.

(2) A person who—
 * (a) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any of the requirements of a notice served on him under subsection (1); or
 * (b) in purported compliance with such a notice, makes any statement to the Director which he knows to be incorrect in a material respect or recklessly makes any statement to the Director which is incorrect in a material respect or knowingly omits any material particular,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

Power to control movement of vessels and aircraft, etc.

30.—(1) This section shall apply if the Director or an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is in or on—
 * (a) a Singapore vessel or Singapore aircraft; or
 * (b) a vessel or an aircraft that is within the jurisdiction of Singapore,

hazardous or other waste that is to be, or that has been, imported, exported or the subject of a transit proposal.

(2) If this section applies in relation to a vessel, the Director or an authorised officer may require the master or the person in command or charge, or who appears to be in command or charge, of the vessel to do one or more of the following things:
 * (a) ensure that the vessel does not remain within, or does not come within, as the case requires, the jurisdiction of Singapore;