6. The principal Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 15 thereof the following new sections: —| “Limit as to number of licences issued |
15A.—(1) The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, limit the number of licences to be issued annually to persons carrying on tourist agency business under any of the regulations made under paragraph (f) of section 15 of this Act.(2) For the purposes of this section, “tourist agency business” means the business of providing all or any of the following services for visitors to Singapore: —| (a) | arranging or conducting local sight-seeing tours; | | (b) | arranging hotel accommodation reservations; | | (c) | arranging or providing for transportation to the airport, pier or railway station from the place of accommodation for such visitors and vice versa; | | (d) | any other service incidental to any of the services enumerated above. |
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| Protection of superannuation scheme or fund |
15B. The following provisions shall apply to any scheme established under any of the regulations made under paragraph (l) of section 15 of this Act —| (a) | no assurance on the life of any contributor under any such scheme, and no moneys or other benefits payable under any such assurance, and no payment made under any such scheme to any person who has been employed by the Board, shall be assignable or transferable, or liable to be garnished, attached, sequestered or levied upon for or in respect of any debt or claim whatsoever, other than a debt due to the Board or to the Government; | | (b) | no donation by the Board or contribution by its officers made under any such scheme and no interest thereon shall be assignable or transferable or liable to be attached, sequestered or levied upon for or in respect of any debt or claim whatsoever other than a debt due to the Board or to the Government; | | (c) | no such donation, contribution or interest shall be subject to the debts of the contributor, nor shall such donation, contribution or interest pass to the Official Assignee on the bankruptcy of such contributor, but, if such contributor is adjudicated a bankrupt or is declared insolvent by a court, such donation, contribution or interest shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be subject to a trust in favour of the persons entitled thereto on the death of the contributor; | | (d) | the bankruptcy of a contributor shall not affect the making of deductions from the salary of the contributor in accordance with any such scheme, but such deductions shall continue to be made notwithstanding the provisions of any written law, and the portion of salary so deducted shall not be deemed to form part of his after-acquired property; | | (e) | subject to the provisions of any such scheme, all moneys paid or payable under any such scheme on the death of a contributor shall be deemed to be subject to a trust in favour of the persons entitled thereto under the will or intestacy of such deceased contributor, or under a nomination in such form as may be prescribed in such scheme, and shall not be deemed to form part of his estate or be subject to the payment of his debts but shall be deemed to be property passing on his death for the purposes of the Estate Duty Act (Cap. 137); | | (f) | any contributor may by a memorandum under his hand appoint a trustee or trustees of the moneys payable on his death out of any such scheme and may make provision for the appointment of a new trustee or new trustees of such moneys and for the investment thereof; such memorandum shall be in the form prescribed in such scheme and shall be deposited with the Board; | | (g) | if at the time of the death of any contributor or at any time afterwards, there is no trustee of such moneys or it is expedient to appoint a new trustee or new trustees, then and in any such case a trustee or trustees or a new trustee or new trustees may be appointed by the High Court or a Judge thereof; and | | (h) | the receipt of a trustee or trustees duly appointed, or in default of any such appointment and of written notice thereof to the Board, the receipt of the legal personal representative of a deceased contributor shall be a discharge to the Board for any moneys payable on his death out of any such scheme. |
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| Restriction on the use of the words “travel” and “tourist” |
15C.—(1) No person shall use the word “travel” or “tourist” in any language in any business name except with the permission of the Board.| (2) The permission of the Board shall not be unreasonably withheld from any person who is carrying on the business of a tourist enterprise. |
| (3) Any person who has been refused permission by the Board to use the word “travel” or “tourist” in any business name may appeal to the Minister whose decision thereon shall be final. |
| (4) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment, and to a further fine not exceeding five hundred dollars a day for every day during which the offence is continued after conviction. |
| (5) A Magistrate’s Court may, on the application of an officer of the Board, make a prohibition order against a person who has been convicted of an offence under subsection (1) of this section to prohibit him from using the word “travel” or “tourist” in any business name. |
| (6) Any person to whom a prohibition order is addressed who fails to comply with the prohibition order shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars a day for every day he fails to comply with the order. |
| (7) In this section, “business name” means the name, title or description under which any business is carried on whether in partnership or otherwise. |
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| Business not to be described as tourist service, etc. |
15D.—(1) No person shall describe or cause to be described any business or activity as a tourist or travel service, or as a tourist or travel agency, except with the permission of the Board.| (2) The permission of the Board shall not be reasonably withheld from any person who is carrying on the business of a tourist enterprise. |
| (3) Any person who has been refused permission by the Board to describe his business or activity as a tourist or travel service, or as a tourist or travel agency, may appeal to the Minister whose decision thereon shall be final. |
| (4) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment and to a further fine not exceeding five hundred dollars a day for every day during which the offence is continued after conviction. |
| (5) A Magistrate’s Court may, on the application of an officer of the Board, make a prohibition order against a person who has been convicted of an offence under subsection (1) of this section to prohibit him from describing any activity or business as a tourist or travel service, or as a tourist or travel agency. |
| (6) Any person to whom a prohibition order is addressed who fails to comply with the prohibition order shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars a day for every day he fails to comply with the order.”. |
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