Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
New sections 15A and 15B
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 15, the following sections:“False or invalid documents in connection with registration, etc. 15A. A registration officer may take possession of any document produced to the registration officer in connection with the registration of a person, or the alteration of any particulars of the person entered in the register, under this Act if the registration officer reasonably suspects that the document is false or invalid. Demand for surrender of suspicious identity cards15B.—
A registration officer or a police officer may demand that a person having possession or control of an identity card (including a document purporting to be an identity card) to surrender the identity card to the registration officer or police officer if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that —
the identity card has been obtained by means of any false or misleading information, document or statement;
the identity card has been used in the commission of an offence under this Act; or
the identity card is a false identity card.(2) Any person who receives a demand from a registration officer or a police officer under subsection (1) must comply with the demand.(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.”.