As the national authority, Singapore Customs (SC) enforces the Strategic Goods (Control) Act.

SC officers are empowered to conduct physical examinations of suspected shipments and sensitive consignments at entry and exit points, or within the Free Trade Zone (FTZ), to verify the authenticity of information given in the strategic goods permit applications and conduct checks to ensure legitimate transfers of strategic goods and strategic goods technology.

Enforcement checks will be carried out based on specific intelligence and risk profiling. Singapore will also work closely with foreign governments in intelligence gathering and information exchange on related strategic goods offences.

Penalties include seizure and forfeiture of goods, court fines and / or imprisonment. The maximum penalties imposed would be up to:

• a fine not exceeding S$100,000 or 3 times the value of the goods or technology in respect of which the offence was committed, whichever is higher, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both, on a first conviction; or
  
  
• a fine not exceeding S$200,000 or 4 times the value of the goods or technology in respect of which the offence was committed, whichever is higher, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years, or to both, on a second or subsequent conviction.

Offences may also be compounded for up to a maximum sum of S$10,000.