PART 2
LICENSING OF FOREIGN EMPLOYEE
DORMITORY OPERATORS
Licence needed to operate foreign employee dormitory, etc.
7.—(1)  Unless exempted under section 32, a person must not operate any boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory except under the authority of a valid licence for those premises.
(2)  Unless exempted under section 32, a proprietor of boarding premises must not use (or permit the use of) the premises as a foreign employee dormitory unless those premises are used as such by a licensed operator holding a valid licence relating to those premises.
(3)  A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
(a)to a fine not exceeding $500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and
(b)in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $1 million or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years or to both.
(4)  It is a defence in proceedings for an offence under subsection (3) for contravening subsection (2) if the proprietor of boarding premises satisfies the court, on a balance of probabilities, that the proprietor did not know, and could not reasonably have been expected to know, that those premises were being used as a foreign employee dormitory otherwise than by the holder of a valid licence relating to those premises.
(5)  An offence under subsection (1) or (2) is an arrestable offence.
(6)  To avoid doubt, nothing in subsection (2) affects the law relating to abetment of offences.
Application for licence to operate foreign employee dormitory
8.—(1)  An application for a licence is to be made to the Commissioner in such form and manner as the Commissioner may determine, and must be accompanied by an application fee (if prescribed).
(2)  An application for a licence to operate any boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory must state —
(a)the name and the residential or business address of each proprietor of the premises;
(b)the name (if any) and the address of the premises;
(c)the number of residents or prospective residents of the foreign employee dormitory who are foreign employees;
(d)the total number of beds provided as sleeping accommodation for those residents or prospective residents;
(e)whether the written permission or authorisation required by the Planning Act 1998 for the development of the premises has been granted or deemed granted;
(f)the identity of and other particulars about the individual who is to be the manager of the foreign employee dormitory;
(g)the prescribed particulars and information; and
(h)any other particulars and information that the Commissioner may require in any particular case.
(3)  If the Commissioner receives an application for a licence for any boarding premises, the Commissioner may carry out, or arrange to be carried out by dormitory inspectors, any investigations and inquiries in relation to the application that the Commissioner considers necessary for a proper consideration of the application.
(4)  A dormitory inspector may, for the purpose of making an investigation or inquiry relating to an application for a licence to operate boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory —
(a)at any reasonable time;
(b)after declaring his or her office and after producing his or her identification card on demand being made; and
(c)with any assistants that may reasonably be required,
enter those premises and exercise any powers mentioned in subsection (5).
(5)  The powers for the purposes of an investigation or inquiry under subsection (4) are —
(a)to inspect the premises and any equipment, vehicle or other thing at the premises;
(b)to photograph or film, or make audio recordings or make sketches of, any part of the premises or anything at the premises;
(c)to inspect and make copies of, or take extracts from (without fee or reward) any document kept at the premises;
(d)to take any document or any other thing at the premises; and
(e)to ask any individual at the premises —
(i)to answer a question to the best of that person’s knowledge, information and belief; or
(ii)to take reasonable steps to provide information or produce a document.
(6)  A power under subsection (5)(a), (b), (c) or (d) is limited to a document or thing that is used or likely to be used in the management or operation of the premises as a foreign employee dormitory.
(7)  Without limiting subsection (5) —
(a)a dormitory inspector exercising functions under that subsection may be accompanied by —
(i)one or more police officers; or
(ii)one or more medical practitioners who may inspect the premises and observe, examine and speak with any person apparently residing at the premises; and
(b)a dormitory inspector, in exercising his or her power under subsection (5)(a), may also open any ground and remove any flooring and take any measures that may be necessary to ascertain the character and condition of the premises and of any pipe, sewer, drain, wire or fitting.
Grant of licence, etc.
9.—(1)  After considering any application for a licence, including the results of any investigation and inquiry under section 8(3), the Commissioner may —
(a)on payment of a licence fee (if prescribed), grant the licence; or
(b)refuse to grant the licence.
(2)  In determining whether an applicant should be granted a licence under subsection (1), the Commissioner is to have regard to, and give such weight as the Commissioner considers appropriate to, all of the following matters:
(a)whether the applicant is a suitable person to be involved in the management or operation of a foreign employee dormitory and, where necessary, whether the members of the board of directors or committee or board of trustees or other governing body of an applicant which is a body corporate, are also similarly suitable;
(b)whether the applicant does not have (or is unlikely to have) the financial capacity to operate the boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory;
(c)whether the boarding premises are fit to be used as a foreign employee dormitory for reasons connected with the site, construction, accommodation, staffing or equipment, and with building safety, fire safety and public health and sanitation requirements prescribed by or under this Act or any other written law;
(d)whether the applicant, any associate of the applicant, or where the applicant is a body corporate, any member of the board of directors or committee or board of trustees or other governing body of the body corporate —
(i)is disqualified by section 16 or the regulations under section 34 from holding a licence; or
(ii)has been convicted of an offence under this Act;
(e)whether it is otherwise contrary to the public interest for the licence to be granted to the applicant.
(3)  To avoid doubt, the Commissioner is not confined to consideration of the matters specified in subsection (2) and may take into account such other matters and evidence as may be relevant.
(4)  For the purposes of subsection (2)(d), a person is an associate of another if the person has a relationship with the other in a manner prescribed.
Validity and renewal of licence, etc.
10.—(1)  Every licence granted under this Act is to be in a form that the Commissioner may determine.
(2)  Every licence granted or renewed under this Act continues in force for such period as may be specified in the licence (not exceeding 3 years), unless it is earlier revoked or suspended under section 14 or earlier terminated under section 20.
(3)  The Commissioner may, on the application of a licensed operator to renew the licensed operator’s licence —
(a)grant a renewal of the licence on payment of a renewal fee or late renewal fee (if prescribed) with or without adding to, deleting from or varying conditions of the licence; or
(b)refuse to renew the licence.
(4)  An application to renew a licence must be made no later than 3 months before the date of expiry of the licence (or any longer period that may be prescribed in substitution), unless otherwise allowed by the Commissioner in any particular case, which is to be treated as a late renewal application.
(5)  Sections 8 and 9 apply, with the necessary modifications, to every application to renew a licence as if the application is for a grant of the licence.
(6)  To avoid doubt —
(a)a licence does not cease only by reason that the boarding premises to which it relates stops being a foreign employee dormitory; and
(b)section 12 does not apply to or in relation to granting a renewal of a licence with additional, deleted or varied conditions of the licence.
Conditions of licence
11.—(1)  In granting a licence to any person to operate any boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory, the Commissioner may impose any conditions that the Commissioner considers requisite or expedient having regard to the purposes of this Act.
(2)  Without limiting subsection (1), a licence to operate any boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory may include conditions requiring the licensed operator concerned —
(a)to meet all the following standards prescribed, or specified in the licence insofar as they are not prescribed:
(i)standards for facilities and services provided to residents including, but not limited to, standards for the maintenance, cleanliness, water supply, sanitation and hygiene of those premises and standards concerning the physical and mental welfare, social activities, personal protection and meals of foreign employees who are resident;
(ii)standards for accommodation provided to residents including, but not limited to, standards concerning bedrooms, bathrooms and other rooms or spaces within rooms that are occupied or used by residents;
(iii)standards to prevent overcrowding;
(b)to prepare to deal with any public emergency;
(c)to furnish to the Commissioner financial information including accounts in respect of such period and on such basis as may be specified;
(d)to furnish persons specified in the licence or the Commissioner, in such manner and at such times as may be similarly specified, with such information as appears to the Commissioner to be requisite or expedient for the purpose of facilitating the exercise by those persons or the Commissioner of the functions or duties assigned to them or as may be reasonably required for that purpose; and
(e)to provide or further provide a performance bond, guarantee or other form of security on such terms and conditions as the Commissioner may determine, of such amount as the Commissioner considers appropriate.
(3)  A licensed operator who contravenes or fails to comply with a condition of the licensed operator’s licence shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both, for each condition that is contravened or not complied with.
Modification of conditions of licence
12.—(1)  Subject to this section, it is lawful for the Commissioner to modify the conditions of a licence without compensating the licensed operator concerned.
(2)  Before modifying any conditions of a licence, the Commissioner must, unless subsection (5) applies, give notice to the licensed operator holding that licence —
(a)stating that the Commissioner proposes to make the modification in the manner as specified in the notice; and
(b)specifying the time (being at least 14 days from the date of service of notice on the licensed operator) within which the licensed operator may make written representations to the Commissioner with respect to the proposed modification.
(3)  Upon receiving any written representation mentioned in subsection (2)(b), the Commissioner must consider that representation and may —
(a)reject the representation;
(b)amend the proposed modification in any manner as the Commissioner thinks fit having regard to the representation; or
(c)withdraw the proposed modification and reinstate the licence condition without modification.
(4)  Where —
(a)the Commissioner rejects any written representation under subsection (3)(a);
(b)the Commissioner amends any proposed modification under subsection (3)(b); or
(c)no written representation is received by the Commissioner within the time specified in subsection (2)(b), or any written representation made under that subsection is subsequently withdrawn, and the licensed operator has not given immediate effect to the modification,
the Commissioner is to issue a written direction to the licensed operator in question requiring the licensed operator, within the time specified by the Commissioner, to give effect to the modification as specified in the notice under subsection (2) or as amended by the Commissioner under subsection (3), as the case may be.
(5)  However, where the Commissioner considers that it is impracticable or undesirable to give notice under subsection (2) before modifying the conditions of a particular licence, in the circumstances of the particular case because of danger or risk to —
(a)the security and good order within the foreign employee dormitory; or
(b)the safety and health of the residents of the foreign employee dormitory,
the Commissioner may, without compensating the licensed operator concerned, and by giving notice to that licensed operator, modify the conditions of the particular licence with immediate effect.
(6)  The licensed operator whose licence conditions have been modified with immediate effect under subsection (5) may, within 7 days after the Commissioner has given notice under that subsection, apply to the Commissioner to review his or her decision.
(7)  On reviewing his or her decision under subsection (6), the Commissioner may —
(a)confirm his or her decision; or
(b)delete or vary the modified licence condition, or reinstate the licence condition without modification, with effect from the date specified, without compensating the licensed operator concerned,
and there is to be no further review.
(8)  An application to review the Commissioner’s decision does not affect the operation of the decision under subsection (5) or prevent the taking of action to implement that decision, and unless otherwise allowed by the Commissioner, the decision to be reviewed must be complied with unless the determination of the review indicates otherwise.
Compliance directive
13.—(1)  The Commissioner may (without compensation) give a compliance directive if the Commissioner —
(a)considers that the duties imposed by or under this Act in connection with the management of the business of operating boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory, or the operations of a foreign employee dormitory, are being carried out in a careless or incompetent manner;
(b)is satisfied that a licensed operator has contravened or failed to comply with any condition of the licensed operator’s licence, or any code of practice or standard of performance applicable to the licensed operator, and that the contravention or non‑compliance may be rectified; or
(c)has reasonable grounds to believe —
(i)that there is a serious and imminent threat or risk to the safety and health of the residents of any boarding premises specified in a licence; or
(ii)that the occurrence within or outside Singapore of any civil unrest, hostilities, war, election or other event (whether or not of a similar kind) may occasion disorder within any boarding premises specified in a licence, or cause feelings of ill will or hostility between, by or with such residents,
and that a compliance directive is appropriate or requisite to avoid any actual or imminent occurrence that endangers the safety or health of those residents, to prevent disorder or preserve the safety of those residents, or to avoid serious disruptions to the community in the vicinity of those boarding premises, as the case may be.
(2)  A compliance directive may be given to either or both the following:
(a)a licensed operator in respect of any boarding premises specified in the licensed operator’s licence;
(b)the proprietor of the boarding premises operated as a foreign employee dormitory by a licensed operator where the Commissioner receives a statutory declaration from the licensed operator under subsection (7) and is satisfied that compliance by the licensed operator with the compliance directive requires the permission or other cooperation of that proprietor.
(3)  A compliance directive —
(a)may require the licensed operator or proprietor concerned (according to the circumstances of the case) to do, or to refrain from doing, such things as are specified or described in the directive;
(b)is to take effect at such time, being the earliest practicable time, as is determined by or under that directive; and
(c)may be revoked at any time by the Commissioner.
(4)  Without limiting subsection (3)(a), a compliance directive —
(a)may include the measures to be taken to remedy any contravention or non‑compliance to which the directive relates, or to otherwise comply with the directive;
(b)may offer the licensed operator or proprietor to whom the directive is given a choice of ways in which to remedy the contravention or non‑compliance or to comply with the directive;
(c)may order the licensed operator or proprietor to stop the boarding premises concerned from being used as a foreign employee dormitory for a period not exceeding 3 months in order to deal with a serious and imminent threat or risk to the safety and health of the residents of those boarding premises; and
(d)where the circumstances in subsection (1)(c) apply, may order the licensed operator to check or control the movement of residents in those boarding premises, including restricting entry to and exit from those premises.
(5)  Every licensed operator or proprietor of a foreign employee dormitory must comply with every compliance directive given to the licensed operator or proprietor (as the case may be) as soon as it takes effect.
(6)  Without affecting the right of the Commissioner to exercise the powers under subsection (8) —
(a)the licensed operator of a foreign employee dormitory who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes or fails to comply with a requirement imposed by a compliance directive given to the licensed operator (whether or not the same directive is also given to a proprietor); or
(b)the proprietor of a foreign employee dormitory who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes or fails to comply with a requirement imposed by a compliance directive given to the proprietor (whether or not the same directive is also given to a licensed operator),
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $10,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(7)  A licensed operator given a compliance directive to demolish, renovate or otherwise alter any part of the premises specified in the licence of the licensed operator may, within 7 days after receiving the directive, provide the Commissioner a statutory declaration stating —
(a)that by reason of any arrangements (by contract or otherwise) with the proprietor of the boarding premises operated as a foreign employee dormitory, the licensed operator is not entitled to do, or is to refrain from doing, such things as are specified or described in the compliance directive, and describing those arrangements; and
(b)the name and address of the proprietor.
(8)  If a compliance directive is not complied with to the Commissioner’s satisfaction, the Commissioner may carry out or cause to be carried out all or any of the repairs, work or alteration specified in that directive, and recover (as a debt due to the Government) all expenses reasonably incurred by him or her in the exercise of powers under this subsection from the licensed operator or the proprietor of a foreign employee dormitory in default.
(9)  It is not necessary to publish any compliance directive given under this section in the Gazette, or for the Commissioner to provide a licensed operator or proprietor reasonable opportunity to be heard before giving the licensed operator or proprietor a compliance directive.
Suspension or revocation, etc., of licence
14.—(1)  Subject to subsection (3), if the Commissioner is satisfied that —
(a)a licensed operator is contravening or not complying with, or has contravened or failed to comply with —
(i)any of the conditions of the licence or any code of practice or standard of performance applicable to the licensed operator; or
(ii)any provision of this Act applicable to the licensed operator,
whether or not the licensed operator has been convicted of an offence for the contravention or non‑compliance;
(b)the continued use of the boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory under the licence would constitute an unacceptable risk to the safety, welfare or wellbeing of residents at those premises;
(c)the licensed operator has not complied with any compliance directive or business restriction directive, whether or not the licensed operator has been convicted of an offence under section 13(6) or 15(3), as the case may be;
(d)the licensed operator has gone or is likely to go into compulsory or voluntary liquidation other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction;
(e)the licensed operator has made any assignment to, or composition with, any creditor of the licensed operator; or
(f)the public interest or security of Singapore requires,
the Commissioner may take any regulatory action described in subsection (2).
(2)  The regulatory actions that the Commissioner may take against a licensed operator are —
(a)revoke (without compensation) the licensed operator’s licence, with or without forfeiting any performance bond, guarantee or other form of security furnished under paragraph (b)(iv) or section 11(2)(e); or
(b)in lieu of revoking the licence, any one or more (without compensation) of the following:
(i)issue a letter of censure to the licensed operator;
(ii)modify the conditions of the licensed operator’s licence;
(iii)give a business restriction directive to the licensed operator;
(iv)require the licensed operator to furnish a performance bond, guarantee or other form of security, or an additional performance bond, guarantee or other form of security;
(v)forfeit the whole or part of any performance bond, guarantee or other form of security furnished under sub‑paragraph (iv) or section 11(2)(e);
(vi)suspend (for not more than 6 months) the licensed operator’s licence.
(3)  Before exercising any powers under this section, the Commissioner must give written notice to the licensed operator concerned —
(a)stating that the Commissioner intends to take regulatory action against the licensed operator under this section;
(b)specifying the type of action the Commissioner proposes to take, and each instance of non‑compliance that is the subject of the action; and
(c)specifying the time (being at least 14 days after the date of service of notice on the licensed operator) within which written representations may be made to the Commissioner with respect to the proposed action.
(4)  The Commissioner may —
(a)after considering any written representation made in accordance with subsection (3); or
(b)after the time delimited under subsection (3)(c) lapses if no representation is so made,
decide to take the regulatory action in subsection (2) that the Commissioner considers appropriate.
(5)  Where the Commissioner has made any decision under subsection (4) against any licensed operator, the Commissioner must serve on the licensed operator concerned a notice of his or her decision.
(6)  Subject to section 22(7), a decision to revoke a licence, or to impose a regulatory action in subsection (2)(b) that is specified in the notice given under subsection (5), is to take effect from the date on which that notice is given, or on any other date that may be specified in the notice.
(7)  The revocation or suspension of any licence does not prejudice the enforcement by any person of any right or claim against the licensed operator or former licensed operator concerned, or by the licensed operator or former licensed operator of any right or claim against any person.
(8)  In any proceedings under this section in relation to the conviction of a licensed operator for a criminal offence, the Commissioner is to accept the licensed operator’s conviction as final and conclusive.
Business restriction directive
15.—(1)  A business restriction directive may include a direction to a licensed operator to do one or more of the following:
(a)not to enter into an occupancy agreement for the purpose of any foreign employee becoming a new resident of the boarding premises specified in the licensed operator’s licence;
(b)not to enter into, or renew or extend, an occupancy agreement that enables a foreign employee to continue as a resident of the boarding premises specified in the licensed operator’s licence;
(c)not to enter into, or renew or extend, an occupancy agreement mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) except in accordance with such terms as the Commissioner may specify;
(d)not to accept anyone as a new resident of the boarding premises specified in the licensed operator’s licence;
(e)not to allow anyone to continue as a resident of the boarding premises specified in the licensed operator’s licence if the occupancy agreement for that individual expires or lapses;
(f)to inform the proprietor of the boarding premises specified in the licensed operator’s licence of any direction in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) given to the licensed operator, where the licensed operator is not also the proprietor.
(2)  Any purported entry, renewal or extension of an occupancy agreement in contravention of a business restriction directive is void and of no effect.
(3)  A licensed operator that, without reasonable excuse, contravenes or fails to comply with a requirement imposed by a business restriction directive shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Disqualification from holding licence
16.—(1)  Where a licence to operate boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory is revoked under section 14, the person that was the holder of that licence is also disqualified, for such period as may be specified by the Commissioner —
(a)from holding a licence for the same premises or such other premises as the Commissioner may specify in the order; and
(b)from being a manager of those premises as a foreign employee dormitory or of any other foreign employee dormitory.
(2)  Any licence obtained by a person while disqualified by an order of the Commissioner under this section from obtaining such a licence is of no effect.
Restriction on transfer of licence
17.—(1)  A licence must not be transferred or assigned to any person without the prior written consent of the Commissioner.
(2)  Any purported transfer or assignment of a licence in contravention of this section is void and of no effect.
(3)  Any consent under subsection (1) may be given subject to compliance with any conditions that the Commissioner thinks fit to impose, which may, subject to section 12, include conditions modifying, or requiring or otherwise providing for the making of modifications to, the conditions of the licence.
Annual returns of foreign employee dormitory
18.—(1)  A licensed operator must, within the prescribed period after the end of the annual reporting period for the boarding premises specified in the licensed operator’s licence, give notice to the Commissioner of any changes in any of the particulars mentioned in section 8(2) as at the end of that reporting period.
(2)  In subsection (1), “annual reporting period” for boarding premises specified in a licence, is the period of 12 months starting on the date the licence for those premises was granted or the last anniversary of that date, whichever is the later.
(3)  However, nothing in subsection (1) prevents any condition being imposed on a licence requiring the giving of particulars to the Commissioner for the purposes of this Act on a more frequent basis than annually.
(4)  A licensed operator that contravenes subsection (1) 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.
Codes of practice or standards of performance
19.—(1)  The Commissioner may —
(a)issue one or more codes of practice or standards of performance applicable to licensed operators;
(b)approve as a code of practice or standard of performance applicable to licensed operators any document prepared by a person other than the Commissioner if the Commissioner considers the document as suitable for this purpose; or
(c)amend or revoke any code of practice or standard of performance issued under paragraph (a) or approved under paragraph (b),
with respect to all or any of the following:
(d)the management and operations of boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory;
(e)the provision of services and facilities in boarding premises operated as a foreign employee dormitory;
(f)the quality of any aspect of such services and facilities.
(2)  A code of practice or standard of performance may, in particular, specify the duties and obligations of any licensed operator in relation to the licensed operator’s business operation insofar as it relates to the provision of boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory in Singapore.
(3)  If any provision in any code of practice or standard of performance is inconsistent with any provision of this Act, that provision, to the extent of the inconsistency —
(a)is to have effect subject to the provisions of this Act; and
(b)having regard to the provisions of this Act, is not to have effect.
(4)  Where a code of practice or standard of performance is issued, approved, amended or revoked by the Commissioner under subsection (1), the Commissioner must —
(a)publish a notice of the issue, approval, amendment or revocation (as the case may be) of the code of practice or standard of performance in any manner that will secure adequate publicity for such issue, approval, amendment or revocation;
(b)specify in the notice mentioned in paragraph (a) the date of issue, approval, amendment or revocation, as the case may be; and
(c)ensure that, so long as the code of practice or standard of performance remains in force, copies of that code or standard, and of all amendments to that code or standard, are available for inspection by any licensed operator of a foreign employee dormitory and any foreign employee.
(5)  No code of practice or standard of performance, and no amendment to, or revocation of, an approved code of practice or standard of performance, has any force or effect until the notice relating thereto is published in accordance with subsection (4).
(6)  A code of practice or standard of performance issued or approved under this section does not have legislative effect.
(7)  Subject to subsection (8), every licensed operator must comply with the relevant codes of practice and standards of performance applicable to the licensed operator.
(8)  The Commissioner may, either generally or for such time as the Commissioner may specify, waive the application of any code of practice or standard of performance, or part thereof, issued or approved under this section to any licensed operator.
(9)  Any contravention of, or failure to comply by a person with, a code of practice or standard of performance that applies to the person does not of itself render the person liable to criminal proceedings, but any such contravention or failure to comply may, in any proceedings (criminal or otherwise under this Act) in connection with an offence under this Act, be relied on by any party to those proceedings as tending to establish or negative any liability which is in question in those proceedings.
Notice of stoppage of use as foreign employee dormitory
20.—(1)  A licensed operator operating boarding premises as a foreign employee dormitory must not, without the prior approval of the Commissioner —
(a)wholly and permanently cease operating the boarding premises specified in the licensed operator’s licence; or
(b)for any reason surrender the licensed operator’s licence.
(2)  An application by a licensed operator for approval under subsection (1) must be made to the Commissioner at least 28 days (or any longer period that may be prescribed in substitution) immediately before the following date, whichever is applicable:
(a)the date on which operations of the boarding premises are to wholly and permanently cease;
(b)the date on which the licensed operator intends the surrender of the licence to take effect.
(3)  In granting any approval, the Commissioner may impose any conditions that he or she thinks fit, including but not limited to directing the licensed operator to provide assistance to foreign employees who are residents of the boarding premises specified in the licence to find alternative accommodation in Singapore.
(4)  The Commissioner may terminate a licence that is surrendered only when all conditions of his or her approval imposed under subsection (3) are satisfied.
(5)  A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(6)  A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any condition imposed under subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
Register
21.—(1)  The Commissioner is to keep a Register of licensed operators of foreign employee dormitories.
(2)  The Register may be kept in any form that the Commissioner considers appropriate.
(3)  The Commissioner may record in the Register in relation to a foreign employee dormitory —
(a)particulars of any enforcement or regulatory action taken in respect of the foreign employee dormitory, its proprietor or licensed operator or any of its staff; and
(b)any other particulars or information that the Commissioner considers appropriate or that may be prescribed.
(4)  The Commissioner is to ensure that information in the Register is kept up‑to‑date and may arrange for any information in the Register that the Commissioner considers appropriate to be available to the public without charge.
(5)  The Register is evidence of the particulars or information recorded in it.
(6)  A certificate signed or purporting to be signed by the Commissioner and stating that the premises named in the certificate were or were not licensed at a specified time, or stating any other particulars or information recorded in the Register at a specified time, is admissible in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.