Clause 12

For the purposes of ensuring the security or safety of persons on any railway premises (whether passengers of a rapid transit system or otherwise), an authorised officer may, without giving any reason, ask any person on the railway premises to allow the authorised officer to inspect and search any baggage or other thing carried by the person or apparently in the immediate control of the person; and that person shall permit the baggage or thing to be inspected and searched.(2) Without prejudice to subsection (3), an authorised officer may require any person who refuses to permit any baggage or thing carried by the person or apparently in the immediate control of the person to be inspected and searched to leave the railway premises with the baggage or thing, and that person shall do so within a reasonable time.(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.(4) In this section, “authorised officer” means —

any officer or employee of the Authority;

any member of an auxiliary police force in uniform;

any employee of a licensee; or

any security officer (within the meaning of the Private Security Industry Act (Cap. 250A)) engaged by a licensee,who is authorised by the Authority in writing to exercise the power to search under this section at or in relation to any railway premises specified in that written authorisation.”.