Singapore legislation
Section 27
Section 27
Security screening at special event area of enhanced security special event
(1)
This section applies if the security system for a special event area of an enhanced security special event involves the use of screening devices, such as (but not limited to) the following:
a walk-through detector;
an X-ray machine;
a hand-held scanner.
(2)
A police officer or an approved person may ask an entrant to a special event area to undergo any form of security screening, including doing one or more of the following:
to walk through a walk-through detector;
to pass the entrant’s personal property through an X‑ray machine;
to allow the police officer or approved person to pass a hand‑held scanner in close proximity to the entrant;
to allow the police officer or approved person to pass a hand‑held scanner in close proximity to the entrant’s personal property.
(3)
Any person who fails to comply with the request of a police officer or an approved person under subsection (2) 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 6 months or to both.