Singapore legislation

Clause 16

Issue of Singapore document of identity, etc.

(1)

Except as otherwise provided in Part III, the Controller may issue a Singapore document of identity or other emergency travel document to any person where —

(a)

the Controller has reasonable cause to believe that the person is a citizen of Singapore;

(b)

the Controller has reasonable cause to believe that —

(i)

the person’s Singapore passport has been lost or stolen or destroyed or is temporarily unavailable; or

(ii)

an emergency has affected the availability of the information necessary to ascertain whether or not that person is already the holder of a Singapore passport; and

(c)

the person wishes to travel immediately, but, for reasons of passport security and integrity, the Controller considers that it is not desirable to issue that person with a Singapore passport.

(2)

An application for any Singapore document of identity or other emergency travel document shall —

(a)

be made to the Controller in the approved form;

(b)

be accompanied by the applicant’s prescribed particulars (which may include personal identifiers), and such other particulars, information and documents as may be specified by the Controller in any particular case; and

(c)

be accompanied by the fee prescribed (if any).

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