Singapore legislation

Section 29

of States of Malaya Customs Duties Collection Act 1958

Section 29

Search of passengers

Any person leaving or about to leave Singapore and proceed to Malaysia by aircraft shall at any collection station, and any person leaving or about to leave Singapore and proceed to Malaysia by railway shall at any collection station or any point between the Malayan Railway Station at Keppel Road, Singapore and the limits of Singapore, on demand by any Federal officer of customs permit his person, goods and baggage to be searched by that officer:Provided that —

(a)

any person who requests that his person be searched in the presence of a Federal Superintendent of Customs and Excise shall not be searched except in the presence of and under the supervision of that officer;

(b)

the goods and baggage of any person who requests to be present when they are searched and so presents himself within a reasonable time shall not be searched except in his presence;

(c)

no woman shall be searched except by a woman.

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