Singapore legislation
Section 60
Section 60
Regulations
(1)
The Minister may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Act.
(2)
Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for or with respect to all or any of the following matters:
the form or particulars of application for the issue or extension of, or for an endorsement on, a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document;
the conditions subject to which a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document may be issued or extended;
the powers of inspection and examination of authorised officers in relation to Singapore passports or Singapore travel documents;
the procedure as regards the lodging of an appeal under section 28 and the practice and procedure upon the hearing of such an appeal;
the fees to be paid in respect of any matter or anything done, or any services rendered, by the Controller under or by virtue of this Act, including —
fees in respect of applications for Singapore passports and Singapore travel documents; and
fees in respect of endorsements on Singapore passports and Singapore travel documents;
the waiver or refund, in whole or in part, by authorised officers of any fee mentioned in paragraph (e) in the circumstances of any particular case; and
the prescribing of anything that is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Act.
(3)
The regulations may —
provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $5,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or with both;
prescribe different fees for different classes of applicants for Singapore passports or Singapore travel documents, and for different classes of Singapore travel documents, and any application fee so prescribed need not bear any relationship to the cost of issuing a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document or endorsing on a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document; and
provide for such transitional, saving and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.
(4)
All regulations made under this section must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.