Regulatory Offences
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Legal Profession Act 1966
Disciplinary proceedings in respect of lawyers
Health Products Act 2007
Common offences: import or supply of unregistered health products
Medical Registration Act 1997
Disciplinary proceedings in respect of doctors
Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990
Common offences: making false declarations to the Ministry of Manpower, employment of a foreign employee without a valid work pass, or contravening any condition of the work pass
Featured Case
Tran Thi Tien was prosecuted by the Ministry of Health under the Medical Registration Act 1997, the Health Products Act 2007 and the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act 1980. Her ex-husband had reported on her for allegedly illegally administering botox and other beauty treatments in their HDB flat. After a full trial, she was acquitted of this charge. She was separately convicted on a charge of applying two stitches to a wound for a friend who had come to her for help instead of going to a doctor. The Prosecution sought a jail term of 3 weeks. We successfully advocated for a fine, which the Court fixed at $10,000. The Prosecution initially filed an appeal, but later withdrew this.