Singapore legislation

Clause 28

Inspection powers for specified surrounding area of protected area or protected place

(1)

If an authorised officer of a protected area or a protected place reasonably suspects that any person in the specified surrounding area of that protected area or that protected place is carrying a dangerous item, the authorised officer may ask the person to do one or more of the following:

(a)

remove any garment worn by the person as specified by the authorised officer and allow the authorised officer to inspect the garment for any dangerous item;

(b)

remove any article from the person’s garment and allow the authorised officer to inspect the article for any dangerous item;

(c)

allow the authorised officer to inspect any other personal property of the person for any dangerous item;

(d)

allow the authorised officer to inspect any vehicle or vessel (that is in the specified surrounding area and is apparently owned or operated by the person) for any dangerous item;

(e)

remove any article specified by the authorised officer from that vehicle or vessel and allow the authorised officer to inspect the article for any dangerous item.

(2)

Any person who fails to comply with an authorised officer’s request under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

(3)

In this section —

Definition

“dangerous item” means —

(a)

any weapon, substance or other thing the possession of which (for any purpose) would constitute an offence under any of the following written laws:

(i)

the Arms and Explosives Act (Cap. 13);

(ii)

the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act (Cap. 65);

(iii)

the Dangerous Fireworks Act (Cap. 72);

(b)

any biological agent, biological agent waste or toxin within the meaning of section 2 of the Biological Agents and Toxins Act (Cap. 24A);

(c)

any radioactive material, radioactive substance or radioactive waste within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Radiation Protection Act (Cap. 262); or

(d)

any other hazardous material (whether gaseous, liquid or solid) that the Minister prescribes, by notification in the Gazette, to be a dangerous item for the purposes of this section;

Definition

“inspect”, in relation to any garment, article, personal property, vehicle or vessel, includes handling the garment, article, personal property, vehicle or vessel, opening it and examining its contents.

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