Liquor Licence

Application and Guidelines

Eligibility
All applicants, except for applicants representing a society or applicants for an Outdoor Beer Stall licence, are required to first register the company/business with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), formerly known as the Registry of Companies and Businesses (RCB). The applicant must be a Singapore Citizen, a Singapore Permanent Resident or possess a FIN issued by Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA).
In the case of an Outdoor Beer Stall licence, only the holder of a valid hawker licence, issued by National Environment Agency (NEA), may apply.
For societies registered with the Registry of Societies (ROS), the applicant must be (at least) a committee member.
Self-employed persons applying for a liquor licence must ensure their Medisave contributions are up-to-date.
Applicants for a 1st Class Public House licence will also be liable for Cess collection. Registration with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) will be required.
Submission of Application
All applications for public entertainment licence are to be submitted through electronic filing via the Online Business Licensing Service (OBLS).
The extension hours liquor licence application module at Online Business Licensing Service (OBLS) allows the applicant to either apply for regular or ad-hoc extension hours (or both).
Regular Extension Hours
Regular extension hours refers to extension hours issued on a ongoing basis. Each application will require input in 3 aspects:
	The commencement date of the regular extension hours licence, expressed as a date.
	The duration of the regular extension hours licence, expressed as the number of months.
	The day and timing of the required extension. For example, Sunday and 3am.
Once a new regular extension liquor licence is effected (ie. payment received), it will result in any existing regular extension hours (within the same period as the new extension hours liquor licence) being replaced.
Ad-hoc Extension Hours
Ad-hoc extension hours refers to extension hours issued on a one-off basis. Each application will require input in the following aspect:
	Date and Timing of the required extension. For example, 25/12/2005 and 4am.
Any existing ad-hoc extension hours will be recalculated as amendments to the regular extension hours (if any) may impact the fees.
Submission of Supporting Documents
Applicants under the following categories are required to submit the following supporting documents:
	For societies, a copy of the Registry of Societies (ROS) certificate;
	For hawkers applying for an Outdoor Beer Stall, a copy of the hawkers licence issued by NEA.
If during the course of our application processing, additional information is required, applicants may be required to submit a copy of the following, as supporting documents:
	Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) certificate;
	NRIC or Foreign IC (for non-Singaporeans with work permit) of the applicants;
	Approval from the relevant authorities;
	Planning permission on the land use of the premise from URA.
The filer/applicant will be contacted should there be a need to submit these documents.
The supporting documents can be submitted as a softcopy attachment together with the online application. You can also post the documents to Police Licensing Division or fax the documents to us at 6223 8425
Processing Time
The normal processing time for an application is 12 working days from the receipt of the application and the necessary supporting documents, if required. Processing time starts from the date of application is received to the date of approval or rejection. Any incomplete or incorrect submission will be rejected.
The applicant will be notified of the outcome via SMS or email, and post.