Singapore legislation
Section 22
Section 22
Statutory conditions of entry
(1)
At any time after a declaration is made in respect of an enhanced security special event and the special event area for that event, the Commissioner may, with the approval of the Minister, determine that all or any of the following conditions apply to the special event area:
that a person seeking to enter or in the special event area must, if asked by a police officer or an approved person, permit an inspection to be made of his or her personal property;
that a person seeking to enter or in the special event area must, if asked by a police officer, permit a search to be made of the person;
that a person must not take into or possess in the special event area a prohibited item;
that a person seeking to enter or in the special event area must comply with any lawful order of a police officer or an approved person regarding the entrant’s entry into and remaining in that area.
(2)
Once any such determination is made in respect of an enhanced security special event and its special event area, the Commissioner must, by notification in the Gazette, specify —
the places (if any) at which a police officer or an approved person may exercise specified powers under sections 24 to 29;
if the determination includes the statutory condition of entry that a person must not take into or possess in the special event area a prohibited item, the thing or animal a person is prohibited from bringing into the special event area; and
any other conditions that apply to entry to the special event area or any part of it.
(3)
Any notification under subsection (2) in respect of an enhanced security special event and its special event area must be made and published at least 7 days before the proposed date of the enhanced security special event or, in the case where the enhanced security special event is to take place during a proposed period, the beginning of that proposed period.
(4)
Once a notification under subsection (2) is published, the Commissioner must, within 7 days thereafter and before the proposed date of the enhanced security special event or, in the case where the enhanced security special event is to take place during a proposed period, the beginning of that proposed period, cause to be published a copy of the notification in a manner that will secure adequate publicity for it.
(5)
The Commissioner may at any time amend the notification under subsection (2) relating to an enhanced security special event and special event area; and notice of the amendment describing briefly the changes in the notification must be published as soon as practicable in a manner that will secure adequate publicity for the amended declaration.