Singapore legislation
Section 54
Section 54
Methods and technologies for travel documents
(1)
The Minister may approve the methods and technologies (including biometric technologies) to be used by the Controller —
(a)
for the purposes of confirming the validity of evidence of the identity of an applicant for a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document or to whom a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document has been issued;
(b)
for the purposes of issuing biometric passports and travel documents under this Act; or
(c)
for performing other functions in connection with this Act.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not imply that methods or technologies not approved cannot be used for performing functions in connection with this Act.