Unlicensed Establishments and Legal Consequences
The Singapore Police Force recently detected a 40% increase in numbers of unlicensed massage establishments, including those providing happy ending massage sg. Most of these unlicensed massage establishments engage in vice-related offences such as providing sexual services, like happy ending massage and happy ending spa Singapore. All of which is an offence under the Massage Establishment Act as well as Bill and the Women’s charter.
Is it a crime to patronise such an establishment?
Simply put, it is not a crime to frequent a massage establishment that conducts vice activities, such as happy ending massages. However, it is an offence for the worker as it exceeds their work requirements on their work permits.
What happens to the business owners of such establishments?
Under the Massage Establishment Bill article 27, owners of establishments providing happy ending spa Singapore services may face consequences. “Any person who fails to comply with any condition of a licence shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.00”.
The owner could also be charged with a fine of up to $3,000.00 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years according to the Women’s Charter. Section 147 states that “any person who keeps, manages or assists in the management of a place of assignation, such as a happy ending massage Singapore establishment, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000.00 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.”
However, if the establishment is occupied by any 2 or more women or girl workers, the happy ending massage Singapore parlour may be considered as a brothel according to the Women’s charter. A “brothel” is defined by law to mean any place occupied or used by any 2 or more women whether at the same time or at different times for prostitution, such as a happy ending spa Singapore.”
The owners may also be charged with a fine not exceeding $3,000.00 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both, as stated in section 148 of the Women’s charter.
Landlord’s Responsibility for Happy Ending Massage Singapore Establishments
What happens to the landlord if their tenant carries out a happy ending massage business?
The landlord would need to compel the tenant who is convicted of an offence under section 147 or 148 of the Penal Code, which may include running a happy ending massage Singapore establishment, to quit the tenancy and deliver up the premises. If the tenant fails to deliver up the premises after the owner of the property has determined the tenancy, the owner would need to make an application to the Magistrate’s Court to compel the tenant to issue a summary order requiring the tenant to deliver up the property.
However, if the owner is also involving in the running of the happy ending massage sg or happy ending spa Singapore establishment, which may be considered a “brothel”, he may be charged under section 147 or 148 of the penal code as the case may be.
