proceedings are instituted within 3 months of the seizure, the controller or authorised officer — may return the article or publication to the person from whom it was seized; or if the publication is obscene or objectionable, or returning the article or publication is not reasonably practicable, may — subject to ​section 20​, destroy or cause to be destroyed the article or publication; or order the publication to be exported forthwith from Singapore. [  9​ /98]​ (4) Any person who fails to comply with any requirement made by a controller or an authorised officer under ​subsection (1)​shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable — in the case of a person entering Singapore, to a fine not exceeding $1,000; or in the case of an importer, to a fine not exceeding $5,000. [11 [  9​ /98]​ Corporate offenders 17.​ Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a body corporate, a partnership or an unincorporated association of persons, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, manager, partner, secretary or other similar officer thereof, or was purporting to act in any such capacity, shall also be guilty of that offence unless he proves that — the offence was committed without his consent or connivance; and he had exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances. [12 [  9​ /98]​ Appointment of controllers and authorised officers