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Rh :(d) destroying or damaging the property through the use of fire or any other substance;
 * (e) doing any other act of mischief which causes a change in any property or which diminishes its value or utility.

Special provisions relating to non-resident principal

29.—(1) When any fine is imposed on an agent who is or has been licensed to carry on a business of moneylending in Singapore on behalf of a principal not resident in Singapore in respect of an offence under this Act committed by the agent in the course of carrying on the business, the fine shall, unless the court imposing the fine otherwise directs, be recoverable out of the property belonging to the principal or the agent, or to both, and situated within Singapore.

(2) Any property of the principal referred to in subsection (1) may be taken in execution and sold under any warrant issued against the agent for the levy of the amount of the fine.

(3) When it is made to appear to any court by any person entitled to make an application under section 23 that any transaction entered into with a moneylender not resident in Singapore prima facie ought to be reopened, the court may—
 * (a) issue an order of attachment attaching any property of the moneylender situated within Singapore until such time as the moneylender submits to the jurisdiction of the court and gives security to the satisfaction of the court that any order made against him for repayment of any sum or for an indemnity will be duly satisfied; and
 * (b) authorise the service out of the jurisdiction of any summons or other process applying for the re-opening of the transaction under section 23.

Powers of police officer

30. Any police officer not below the rank of sergeant who is authorised in writing by the Registrar, or by a police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, may at all times enter the premises of any licensee, or any person who is suspected of carrying on the business of moneylending, to inspect or seize any book, record or other document