Singapore legislation

Section 38

of Passports Act 2007

Section 38

Bringing, taking or sending false Singapore passports, etc., across international borders

(1)

If —

(a)

a person —

(i)

brings a document into a country;

(ii)

takes a document out of a country; or

(iii)

sends a document to or from a country; and

(b)

the person knows or ought reasonably to have known that —

(i)

the document is a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document; or

(ii)

the document is a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document that is not issued to that person,the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.