Penalty for unlicensed station and conveyance of letters
64.—(1)  Any person who —
(a)establishes, installs, maintains, provides or operates a radio-communication system or service or any radio-communication equipment in any place or on board any vessel, aircraft or in any vehicle in Singapore; or
(b)makes a collection of letters for transmission or distribution to or from any place through the Corporation,
without a licence granted under section 22 or any regulations made under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction for —
(i)an offence under paragraph (a), in addition to the penalty provided for in section 62(1)(i), to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and any radio-communication equipment used in the commission of the offence shall be liable to forfeiture; and
(ii)an offence under paragraph (b) to a fine not exceeding $200 for every such letter.
(2)  Any person who is in possession of any radio-communication equipment shall be deemed, until the contrary is proved, to have operated the same.
(3)  The occupier of any dwelling-house or premises in which is installed any radio-communication equipment in respect of which a licence is not in force shall be guilty of an offence.
(4)  It shall be a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (3) that the occupier was not aware and could not with reasonable diligence have become aware of the existence in the dwelling-house or premises of the radio-communication equipment.
(5)  Any police officer not below the rank of sergeant or any employee authorised by the Corporation may, if he has reasonable grounds for believing that a telecommunication system or service has been established, installed, maintained, operated or provided in contravention of this Act or any regulations made thereunder or in breach of any licence issued by the Corporation —
(a)in the case of any telecommunication system or service, other than any radio-communication system or service, enter and inspect any place in which such telecommunication system or service is established, installed, maintained, operated or provided and may seize any equipment or attachment found therein which appears to be used for or in connection with telecommunications; and
(b)in the case of any radio-communication system or service, enter any place in Singapore or stop or board any vessel, aircraft or vehicle and inspect any place therein and may seize any radio-communication equipment found therein which appears to be used for or in connection with radio-communications.
(6)  If there is no prosecution with regard to any equipment or attachment seized under this section, the equipment or attachment shall be taken and deemed to be forfeited to the Corporation at the expiration of two months from the date of seizure unless a claim thereto is made before that date in the manner provided under subsection (7).
(7)  Any person asserting that he is the owner of the equipment or attachment may personally or by his authorised agent give written notice to the Corporation that he claims the same.
(8)  On receipt of the notice, the Corporation may direct that the equipment or attachment be released or may refer the matter to a District or Magistrate’s Court.
(9)  The District or Magistrate’s Court may proceed to the examination of the matter and upon examination shall order that the equipment or attachment be forfeited or released.