Singapore Proposes Raising Maximum Haze Penalty From S$2 Million to S$20 Million

Singapore Proposes Tougher Haze Law After Indonesia Wildfires

Singapore’s government has proposed amendments to toughen its law on cross-border haze, responding to a devastating wildfire season in Indonesia that cloaked the city-state in smog for weeks.

Singapore to amend haze law to widen investigation powers

Singapore proposes raising maximum haze penalty from S$2 million to S$20 million

Companies linked to haze may also face financial and commercial repercussions separate from criminal liability.   

Errant firms face $20m fine, blocked financial services under proposed changes to S’pore haze law

The changes were tabled under a certificate of urgency, forgoing the need for multiple days of proceedings. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Haze offenders could face $20m penalties as Singapore expands powers over haze-linked firms, financiers and supply chains

Firms and individuals causing or contributing to land or forest fires that pose a risk of haze pollution in Singapore can face fines of up to $20 million under the revised Transboundary Haze Pollution Act (THPA) proposed in Parliament on Wednesday (Nov 4).Errant entities convicted of a haze-related offence can be fined up to $1 million per day, up from the $100,000 fine per day previously. The maximum aggregate fine has also been increased from …

Singapore proposes stronger investigative powers, stiffer penalties in expedited review of transboundary haze law

Status quo is no longer tenable, Grace Fu tells Parliament, as she moves to pass the changes in a single sitting Read more at The Business Times.