Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Immigration (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Immigration Act is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting the definitions of “authorised airport”, “authorised landing place” and “authorised point of entry” appearing therein and substituting therefor the following: —“ “authorised airport”, “authorised landing place”, “authorised point of entry”, “authorised departing place” or “authorised point of departure” mean respectively an airport, a landing place, a point of entry, a departing place or a point of departure declared as such under section 5;”;

(b)

by inserting immediately after the definition of “immigration signal” appearing therein the following new definition: —“ “leave” means —

(a)

in the case of a person leaving Singapore by sea, embarking in Singapore on a vessel which is about to leave Singapore and remaining on board such vessel at the time of its departure for any place outside Singapore;

(b)

in the case of a person leaving Singapore by air, boarding an aircraft in Singapore which is about to depart from Singapore;

(c)

in the case of a person leaving Singapore by land, boarding and remaining in a train or other vehicle which is about to leave Singapore;”;

(c)

by deleting the definition of “senior immigration officer” appearing therein; and

(d)

by deleting the definition of “stowaway” appearing therein and substituting therefor the following: —“ “stowaway” means a person who is secreted in a vessel or aircraft without the consent of the master or other person in charge of the vessel or aircraft and includes such a person who is arriving in or departing from Singapore on board any vessel or aircraft without the consent of the master or other person in charge of the vessel or aircraft;”.