Singapore legislation

Clause 24

Inspection of personal property, etc., as condition of entry

(1)

This section shall apply only if the notification under section 22(2) relating to the special event to be held at a special event area states that it is a condition of entry to the special event area that an entrant to the area must, if asked by a police officer or an approved person, permit an inspection to be made of the entrant’s personal property.

(2)

Subject to subsection (3), a police officer or an approved person may ask the entrant to do one or more of the following:

(a)

allow the police officer or approved person to inspect the entrant’s personal property;

(b)

remove one or more garments worn by the entrant as specified by the police officer or approved person and allow the police officer or approved person to inspect the garments;

(c)

remove all articles from the entrant’s clothing and allow the police officer or approved person to inspect them;

(d)

open an article for inspection and allow the police officer or approved person to inspect it;

(e)

open a vehicle or a part of it for inspection and allow the police officer or approved person to inspect it;

(f)

remove an article from the vehicle as specified by the police officer or approved person and allow the police officer or approved person, as the case may be, to inspect it.

(3)

A police officer or an approved person may make a request under subsection (2) if the police officer or approved person reasonably considers it necessary to make a request under subsection (2) in relation to an entrant or the entrant’s personal property, whether or not the entrant or his personal property have been subjected to screening.

(4)

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.

(5)

In this section, inspecting an article includes handling the article, opening it and examining its contents.

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