Powers of enforcement
24.—(1)  For the purposes of finding out whether any condition of registration, any direction under section 18 or any provision of a code of practice has been or is being contravened or not complied with, or whether there is any act or omission that results in a failure to provide a third‑party taxi booking service that is safe, reliable and efficient, an officer of the Authority may do all or any of the following in relation to any person after declaring his or her office and producing such identification card as the Chief Executive of the Authority may direct to be carried by officers of the Authority:
(a)require any person whom the officer reasonably believes to have committed the contravention or non‑compliance, or done the act or made the omission, to furnish evidence of the person’s identity;
(b)require any person to furnish any information, or produce any record or document (or copy of any record or document) in the possession of that person, and may, without giving any fee or reward, inspect, copy or take extracts from such record or document;
(c)require, by order in writing, the attendance before the officer of any person within the limits of Singapore who, from the information given or otherwise obtained by the officer, appears to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case, and the person so ordered must attend as required;
(d)examine orally any person who appears to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of matters under this Act, whether proceedings under section 20 with a view to any regulatory sanction have started in connection with the matter.
(2)  Any person examined under this section is bound to state truly what the person knows of the facts and circumstances concerning matters under this Act, except that the person need not say anything that might expose him or her to a criminal charge, penalty or forfeiture.
(3)  A statement made by any person examined under this section must —
(a)be reduced to writing;
(b)be read over to the person;
(c)if the person does not understand English, be interpreted for the person in a language that he or she understands; and
(d)after correction (if necessary), be signed by the person.
(4)  If any person fails to attend as required by an order under subsection (1)(c), the officer may report such failure to a Magistrate who may then issue a warrant to secure the attendance of that person as required by the order.
(5)  Any person who —
(a)refuses to give access to, or assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays, an officer of the Authority in the discharge of the officer’s duties;
(b)wilfully misstates or without lawful excuse refuses to give any information, or produce any record or document (or a copy of any record or document), required of the person by the officer under subsection (1)(b); or
(c)fails to comply with a lawful demand of an officer in the discharge by such officer of his or her duties under this section,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(6)  To avoid doubt, nothing in this section affects the powers of enforcement of an officer of the Authority under section 39 of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 158A) in relation to any offence under this Act.