Singapore legislation
Clause 7
Clause 7
Amendment of section 29
Section 29 of the Immigration Act is amended —
by deleting the words “to submit to” and substituting the words “, or to whom a permit, pass or certificate has been issued, to submit to an”; and
by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsections:“(2) The Government medical officer shall, upon completion of an examination of a person under subsection (1), submit a copy of the results of the examination to the Controller.(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law or rule of law, a Government medical officer shall, if required by the Controller for the purposes of exercising his powers and carrying out his functions and duties under this Act or the regulations, furnish the Controller with a copy of any medical record relating to a person who has been examined pursuant to subsection (1) as the Controller may require.(4) Any person to whom a permit, pass or certificate has been issued who, without reasonable excuse, refuses to submit to an examination when required by an immigration officer under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.(5) The Controller may cancel the permit, pass or certificate of any person who refuses to submit to any examination when required to do so by an immigration officer under subsection (1).(6) On making any cancellation under subsection (5), the Controller shall, by notification which, if the address of the person is known, shall be sent to him at that address and otherwise shall be published in such manner as the Controller thinks fit, inform the person affected of the grounds on which the cancellation has been made.(7) A person whose permit, pass or certificate is cancelled under subsection (5) may, within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, appeal against the cancellation to the Minister whose decision shall be final.”.