Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Immigration (Amendment) Bill

Clause 8

Amendment of section 9

In the principal Act, in section 9 —

(a)

in subsection (1)(a), after “public security”, insert “or public health,”;

(b)

in subsection (1)(a)(i), replace “entry or re‑entry into” with “arrival in, or entry or re‑entry into,”;

(c)

in subsection (1)(a)(ii), replace “enter” with “arrive in, or enter or re‑enter,”;

(d)

in subsection (1A), replace “, applies to any person” with “or public health, applies to any person who is”;

(e)

in subsection (1A), after “re‑entry permit”, insert “or pass”;

(f)

replace subsection (2) with —“(2) An order made under subsection (1) does not apply to a citizen of Singapore.”;

(g)

in subsection (3), after “public security”, insert “or public health”;

(h)

in subsection (5), replace “enters or” with “arrives in, enters,”; and

(i)

after subsection (6), insert —“(7) If a person convicted of an offence under subsection (6) cannot be caned because section 325(1)(a) or (b) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 applies, the court may, in addition to any other punishment to which the person is sentenced for that offence, impose a fine not exceeding $6,000 in lieu of the caning which the court could, but for that provision, have ordered for that offence.”.