Singapore legislation

Clause 10

of Public Order (Additional Temporary Measures) Bill

Clause 10

Power to require reasons for entry to, etc., special zone

(1)

A police officer or an approved person may ask an entrant to a special zone —

(a)

to state his name and residence, and his reason for being in, or about to enter, the special zone;

(b)

to state whether he is subject to a special zone banning notice relating to that special zone; and

(c)

if found in possession of alcohol, to state how or where he acquired the alcohol.

(2)

Any entrant to a special zone who fails to comply with the request of a police officer or an approved person under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

(3)

In this section, “residence”, in relation to an entrant, means the address of the place where the entrant usually lives in Singapore.

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