PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED ITEMS POLICY
1.
INTRODUCTION
It is Seller’s responsibility to ensure that their proposed item
complies with all laws and is allowed to be listed for sale in accordance with Sim
Lim Square’s terms and policies before listing the item on the selling
platform. For the Sellers’ convenience, Sim Lim Square has provided below a
non-exhaustive guideline on prohibited and restricted items that are not
allowed for sale on Sim Lim Square. Sim Lim Square will update this guideline
from time to time where necessary. Please visit this page regularly for
updates.
2. VIOLATION
OF OUR TERMS OF SERVICE
Violations of this Prohibited and Restricted Items Policy may subject
the Seller to a range of adverse actions, including but not limited to any or
all of the following:
·
Listing deletion
·
Limits placed on Account privileges
·
Account suspension and termination
·
Legal actions
3. LIST
OF PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED ITEMS
I
Animal and wildlife products (including,
without limitation, wild animals)
II
Artifacts and antiquities
III
Used cosmetics
IV
Counterfeit currency and stamps
V
Credit and debit cards
VI
Currency or credits including, without
limitation, digital currency or credits, and stored value cards.
VII
Drugs, medicines (prescribed or
non-prescribed), drug-like substances and associated paraphilia
VIII
Telecommunication equipment that has not
been registered with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, and
electronic surveillance equipment and other similar electronic equipment such
as cable TV de-scramblers, radar scanners, traffic signal control devices,
wiretapping devices and telephone bugging devices
IX
Embargoed goods
X
Firearms, weapons such as pepper spray,
replicas, and stun guns, etc.
XI
Alcohol [Valid license must be submitted
and approved by Sim Lim Square]
XII
Prohibited Food: For the safety of our
Users, Sellers may not list the following food and food-related items on our
Site:
(a) Listings containing
medicinal claims - that is, a claim that the item is intended for use in the diagnosis,
cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans and/or animals,
contraception, inducing anaesthesia or otherwise preventing or interfering with
the normal operation of a physiological function, whether permanently or
temporarily, and whether by way of terminating, reducing or postponing, or
increasing or accelerating, the operation of that function or in any other way
(for example, pharmaceutical drugs, contact lenses, misbranded dietary
supplements);
(b) Noxious food items
- Food which contains any prohibited substances or substances in excess of
permitted proportions, adulterated food without fully informing Buyer at the
time of sale of the nature of the transaction;
(c) Non-pasteurised
dairy products;
(d) Wild mushrooms; and
(e) Any other food
items hazardous to human health.
Food not falling into
the Prohibited Food category above must adhere to these minimum standards and
guidelines:
(a) Expiration dates –
all food items must be clearly and properly labelled with an expiration or “use
by” date. Expired food items must not be listed.
(b) Sealed containers –
all food and related products sold on the Site should be packaged or sealed to
ensure that Buyer can identify evidence of tampering or defect.
(c) Perishable food
items - Sellers who list perishable items should clearly identify in the item
description the steps that they will take to ensure that the goods are properly
packaged.
XIII
Government or Police related items such
as badges, insignia or uniforms
XIV
Human parts or remains
XV
Lock-picking devices
XVI
Lottery tickets
XVII
Pesticides
XVIII Potentially
infringing items: Items including but not limited to replicas, counterfeit
items, and unauthorized copies of a product or item which may be in violation
of certain copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights of
third parties.
XIX
Prohibited services: the provision of
services that are sexual, illegal in nature, in violation of the Terms of
Service, or are otherwise prohibited at Sim Lim Square’s sole discretion.
XX
Slot machines
XXI
Recalled items
XXII
Shares, stock, other securities and
stamps
XXIII Tobacco
or tobacco-related products, including without limitation electric cigarettes
XXIV Obscene,
seditious or treasonous materials
XXV
Publications, books, films, videos
and/or video games that do not comply with applicable laws in the country of
sale and/or delivery
XXVI Stolen
goods
XXVIIMislabelled goods
And any other items illegal or restricted in the jurisdiction of the
Buyer and/or the Seller or which otherwise encourage illegal or restricted
activities.
If you see a listing that violates our policies, please report it to us
by clicking the “Report this Product” or “Report this User” button from the
dropdown menu in the product or the user page. When a policy violation occurs,
we will send an email, system message and push notification to Seller to let
them know that the listing has been removed from our Website. We will also send
a push notification to Buyer of said listing. You are responsible for ensuring
that your phone settings allow you to receive push notifications.
If you have more questions, you can contact us at our Contact Us Page.