Singapore legislation

Clause 56

Amendment of section 55

In the principal Act, in section 55(1) —

(a)

replace paragraph (c) with —“(c)providing for and regulating matters relating to permits, passes (including classes of passes) and certificates, including (without limitation) the Controller’s powers —

(i)

relating to an application for and the issue of a permit, pass or certificate, and the cancellation of a pass;

(ii)

to decide the validity period for, and vary the validity period of, a pass or certificate;

(iii)

to impose conditions on a pass or certificate at the time of or after the issue of the pass or certificate, and vary or revoke any condition of the pass or certificate; and

(iv)

to apply section 11(5A) with the necessary modifications for a class of pass holders or certificate holders;

(ca)prescribing the duties and responsibilities of a holder of a permit, pass or certificate;”;

(b)

delete paragraph (h); and

(c)

after paragraph (ka), insert —“(kb)providing for the maintenance and management of any immigration depot, including the care, control, discipline and medical examination of any person in an immigration depot, and making different provisions for different immigration depots;”.

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