Singapore legislation

Clause 9

Amendment of section 49

Section 49 of the Immigration Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Any vehicle or vessel below 76 tonnes that is used, or in respect of which there is reasonable cause to suspect that it has been or that it is about to be used, in the commission of any offence under this Act or the regulations may be seized and detained at any place either on land or in the territorial waters of Singapore —

(a)

by the Controller, or any immigration officer authorised in that behalf by the Controller in writing under his hand; or

(b)

by any police officer authorised in that behalf by a Deputy Commissioner of Police in writing under his hand.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the word “been” in the last line of subsection (6), the words “charged with or”.

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