Singapore legislation
Section 21
Section 21
Demand for surrender of suspicious identity cards
(1)
A registration officer or a police officer may demand that a person having possession or control of an identity card (including a document purporting to be an identity card) to surrender the identity card to the registration officer or police officer if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that —
the identity card has been obtained by means of any false or misleading information, document or statement;
the identity card has been used in the commission of an offence under this Act; or
the identity card is a false identity card.
(2)
Any person who receives a demand from a registration officer or a police officer under subsection (1) must comply with the demand.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.[15B