Singapore legislation
Section 4
Section 4
Definition of membership of civilian component of visiting force
(1)
In Part 2, references to a member of a civilian component of a visiting force are references to a person for the time being fulfilling all the following conditions:
that he holds a passport issued in respect of him by a government, not being a passport issued by the passport authorities of Singapore;
that the passport contains an uncancelled entry made by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of the sending country stating that he is a member of a civilian component of a visiting force of that country;
that the passport contains a note of recognition of that entry by or on behalf of the Minister for the time being charged with responsibility for immigration which has not been cancelled and as respects which no notification in writing has been given by or on behalf of that Minister to the appropriate authority of the sending country stating that the recognition is withdrawn.
(2)
The reference in subsection (1)(c) to a note of recognition of an entry in a passport is a reference to any mark or indication made in the passport by or on behalf of the Minister for the time being charged with responsibility for immigration signifying that the entry has been noted and approved.
(3)
In this section, “passport” includes any document which, in accordance with the law for the time being in force in Singapore, would be treated as the equivalent of a passport in the case of a person entering Singapore, being a national of the country by whose government the document is issued.