Singapore legislation

Section 21

of National Registration Act 1965

Section 21

Demand for surrender of suspicious identity cards

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(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 —

(a)

the identity card has been obtained by means of any false or misleading information, document or statement;

(b)

the identity card has been used in the commission of an offence under this Act; or

(c)

the identity card is a false identity card.

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(2)

Any person who receives a demand from a registration officer or a police officer under subsection (1) must comply with the demand.

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(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

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