Singapore legislation

Clause 14

of Immigration (Amendment) Bill

Clause 14

Amendment of section 23A

Section 23A of the Immigration Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Subject to section 23B(4), the master, owner, agent or charterer of every train arriving at any train checkpoint in Singapore from a place outside Singapore or leaving or due to leave any train checkpoint in Singapore to a place outside Singapore shall, at an authorised train checkpoint and if required to do so by an immigration officer —

(a)

within such time, in such form and manner and containing such particulars of the crew as may be prescribed, furnish to that officer a complete list of all the crew who are or will be on board the train at the time of its arrival at the train checkpoint or departure from the train checkpoint, as the case may be;

(b)

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;

(c)

submit to such search of his train as may be necessary to establish the presence or absence of other persons on board; and

(d)

upon the arrival of the train at or before the departure of the train from the train checkpoint, 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.”;

(b)

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 train at the time of its arrival at the train checkpoint or departure from the train checkpoint, as the case may be;”;

(c)

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 within such time as may be prescribed”;

(d)

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

(e)

by deleting the section heading and substituting the following section heading:“Provision of passenger and crew information by master, etc., of train arriving in, leaving or due to leave Singapore”.