Clause 28

after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) A person who appears before an immigration officer under subsection (1) must furnish such particulars about the person, in such form or manner, as that officer may require.”;

in subsection (2), delete “, and the person, if still aboard the vessel, must not disembark in Singapore or, if the person has disembarked for the purposes of the examination, must return immediately to the vessel and remain on the vessel”;

after subsection (2), insert —“(2A) The person mentioned in subsection (2) —

if still on board the vessel that conveyed the person to Singapore — must not disembark in Singapore; or

if the person has disembarked for the purposes of the examination mentioned in that subsection — must immediately comply with any direction given by an immigration officer under subsection (2B).(2B) An immigration officer may direct the person mentioned in subsection (2A)(b) to —

re‑embark, and remain on, the vessel that the person disembarked from;

embark, and remain on, another vessel specified by the immigration officer; or

proceed to, and remain in, an immigration depot or a place designated by the Controller, until arrangements are made for the person to leave Singapore, and leave Singapore in accordance with those arrangements.”;

in subsections (3), (4)(c) and (5), after “master,” wherever it appears, insert “operator,”;

in subsection (4), replace paragraph (b) with —“(b)contravenes subsection (1A) or (2A)(a) or (b); or”;

in subsection (5), replace “Where any person either disembarks in Singapore or refuses or neglects to return to his or her vessel in contravention of this section or to board such other vessel as may be directed by an immigration officer, the immigration officer or any police officer may require that person to return to the person’s vessel or board such other vessel and” with “If any person contravenes subsection (2A)(a) or (b), an immigration officer, a police officer or an auxiliary police officer acting under the directions of an immigration officer or a police officer,”;

in subsection (5), replace “return or board (as the case may be)” with “comply with that provision,”; and

delete subsection (6).