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the period (which shall run from the date the notice takes effect) within which the person must comply with the notice.

(5) Where a court is satisfied that any person served with a notice under subsection (1) intends to leave Singapore, the court may, on the application of the Public Prosecutor but after giving due regard to the person's circumstances, by order require the person to remain in Singapore for such period as the court considers reasonable to ensure that the person complies with the notice.

(6) If a person (whether in or outside Singapore) who is served with a notice under subsection (1) fails, without reasonable excuse, to do or refrain from doing anything required of the person by that notice, the person 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 one month or to both.

(7) If a person within Singapore on whom a notice under subsection (1) is served—

(a) intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any document or information which he has been required by the notice to furnish; or
(b) in furnishing any document or information required by the notice, makes any statement which the person knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes such a statement,

that person 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 3 months or to both.

(8) If any person fails to comply with a notice under subsection (1), the court may, on the application of the Director-General or an authorised officer, make such order as the court thinks fit to secure compliance with that notice, and any such order may provide that all the costs or expenses of and incidental to the application shall be borne by that person or by any officer or employee of that person who is responsible for the failure.

(9) Where a notice under subsection (1) is issued in connection with investigations into a suspected offence under this Act, the Agency