Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
Amendment of section 5
Section 5 of the Immigration Act is amended —
by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) In declaring under subsection (1) any place to be an immigration control post, a landing place or an authorised point of entry, the Minister may specify that it or any part of the place is to be an immigration control post, a landing place or an authorised place of entry generally only for a fixed period or for fixed periods of time in any day, or only for the separate and exclusive immigration clearance of a particular person or class of persons.”;
by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(3A) In declaring under subsection (3) any place to be an authorised departing place or an authorised point of departure, the Minister may specify that it or any part of the place is to be an authorised departing place or an authorised point of departure generally only for a fixed period or for fixed periods of time in any day, or only for the separate and exclusive immigration clearance of a particular person or class of persons.”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsections:“(6) Without prejudice to subsection (1A) or (3A), where upon the application of any person (referred to in this section as the applicant), any place or any part of that place is declared under subsection (1) or (3), as the case may be, to be an immigration control post, a landing place, an authorised point of entry or an authorised departing place or authorised point of departure for the separate and exclusive immigration clearance of the applicant, or a particular person or class of persons associated with the applicant, the Controller may, with the approval of the Minister, require the applicant to pay to the Controller a rate, at such intervals and at such amount or rate as may be prescribed, for or in connection with immigration clearance performed by immigration officers at that place or part thereof.(7) The number of immigration officers to be deployed at any immigration control post, landing place, authorised point of entry, authorised departing place or authorised point of departure referred to in subsection (6) shall be determined at the discretion of the Controller.(8) In this section, unless the context otherwise requires —“immigration clearance”, in relation to any person, includes refusing the person entry into Singapore or exit from Singapore;“separate and exclusive immigration clearance” includes immigration clearance carried out only during a particular period or periods in a day for a particular person or class of persons.”.