Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
Amendment of section 22
Section 22 of the Immigration Act is amended —
by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Subject to section 22A(4), the master, owner, agent or charterer of every vessel arriving at any authorised landing place for persons arriving in Singapore by sea from a place outside Singapore or leaving or due to leave from any authorised departing place for persons leaving Singapore by sea to a place outside Singapore shall —
within such time, in such form and manner and containing such particulars of the crew as may be prescribed, furnish to an immigration officer a complete list of all the crew who are or will be on board the vessel at the time of its arrival at the authorised landing place or at the time of its departure from the authorised departing place, as the case may be;
if so required by that immigration officer, produce to that immigration officer for inspection and interrogation every member of the crew, as directed, either generally or specifically, by that immigration officer;
furnish to that immigration officer such evidence of identity of each member of the crew within such time and in such form and manner as may be prescribed;
submit to such search of his vessel as may be necessary to establish the presence or absence of other persons on board;
produce his vessel’s papers; and
before the vessel arrives at the authorised landing place or departs from the authorised departing place, as the case may be, report the presence on board of any stowaway or any unauthorised person or any person proceeding to any state or country on the person’s removal from any other state or country by the competent authorities of that other state or country.”;
by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)within such time, in such form and manner and containing such particulars as may be prescribed, furnish a complete list of all passengers who are or will be on board the vessel at the time of its arrival at the authorised landing place or departure from the authorised departing place, as the case may be;”;
by deleting the words “such particulars in such form as may be prescribed” in subsection (2)(b) and substituting the words “such particulars in such form and manner and within such time as may be prescribed”;
by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)if so required by an immigration officer, produce every passenger for inspection and interrogation as directed, either generally or specifically, by that immigration officer.”; and
by deleting the section heading and substituting the following section heading:“Provision of passenger and crew information by master, etc., of vessel arriving in, leaving or due to leave Singapore”.