Clause 8

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

in subsection (2), replace “name or residential address” with “name, residential address 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, be released upon signing a bond with or without surety to appear before a Magistrate; or

subject to subsection (3A), be released without being brought to a police station upon verification of his or her name, residential address and unique identification number.(3A) Where a person is arrested under this section as well as for an arrestable offence, he or she may, instead of being released under subsection (3)(b), be brought to a police station in respect of the arrestable offence after the verification of his or her name, residential address and unique identification number.”;

in subsection (4), after “as required”, insert “under subsection (3)(a)”; 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 Singapore citizen or a permanent resident) is a minor who has not yet been issued with an identity card number, the person’s birth certificate number.”.