Where consignment imported or transhipped in contravention of Act
6.—(1) Where an authorised officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a consignment of fresh fruits or vegetables has been or is to be imported or transhipped in contravention of section 7 or 8 of the Act, he may —
(a)
where the consignment has yet to be removed from the conveyance in which it was brought into Singapore, by order prohibit the removal of the consignment from the conveyance;
(b)
direct the person who brought the consignment into Singapore to export, destroy or otherwise dispose of the consignment; or
(c)
seize the consignment.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with an order of an authorised officer given under paragraph (1)(a) or a direction of an authorised officer given under paragraph (1)(b) shall be guilty of an offence.