Revocation or suspension of licence
30.—(1)  Subject to subsection (4), the licensing officer may by order revoke any 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 any other conditions that 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 or by a representative and whether in writing or otherwise.
(5)  Where the licensing officer has by order revoked a licence under subsection (1) or made any order under subsection (2) in respect of a licensee, the licensing officer must serve on the licensee concerned a notice of the order.
(6)  An order under subsection (1) or (2) by the licensing officer revoking or suspending a licence —
(a)takes effect immediately upon service of the notice of the order under subsection (5), in a case where the licensing officer states in the order that it is undesirable in the public interest for the licensee to continue to carry on the licensee’s business as a licensee; and
(b)in any other case, takes effect at the end of 14 days after the service of the notice of the order on the licensee under subsection (5).
(7)  In any proceedings under this section consequent upon the conviction of a licensee for a criminal offence, the licensing officer must accept the licensee’s conviction as final.
(8)  In deciding for the purposes of this section whether a licensee is a fit and proper person to continue to hold a licence, the licensing officer may take into account any matter the licensing officer considers relevant, including any matter mentioned in section 26(8).