Clause 83

in subsections (1) and (2), after “may arrest”, insert “without warrant”;

in subsection (1), replace “name and residential address” with “name, residential address, age and unique identification number”;

in subsection (2), replace “name or residential address” with “name, residential address, age or unique identification number”;

replace subsection (3) with —“(3) Any person arrested under this section must either —

be brought to a police station as soon as reasonably practicable and may, if required by a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant or an inspector or authorised person, be released upon signing a bond with or without surety to appear before a Magistrate; or

be released without being brought to a police station upon verification of his or her name, residential address, age and unique identification number.”; and

after subsection (5), insert —“(6) In this section, “unique identification number” means —

a person’s identity card number, passport number or the number of any other similar document of identity issued by a government authority as evidence of the person’s nationality or place of residence, and includes a foreign identification number; or

where a person (who is a citizen of Singapore or a permanent resident of Singapore) is a minor who has not yet been issued with an identity card number, the person’s birth certificate number.”.