Singapore legislation

Clause 17

of Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Bill

Clause 17

Limits on CIQ power for public health reasons

(1)

A Malaysian preclearance officer recognised in relation to a cross‑border railway may require an individual seeking to enter peninsular Malaysia to undergo a medical examination within the Malaysia designated area of the cross‑border railway, or to undergo supervised or voluntary isolation or quarantine (as the case may be) where the Malaysian preclearance officer suspects, or has reasonable grounds to believe, that —

(a)

the individual —

(i)

is a carrier of, or is infected with, an infectious disease;

(ii)

has undergone a medical examination in connection with an infectious disease but has not received a conclusive result of that medical examination; or

(iii)

has been exposed to the risk of infection from that infectious disease; or

(b)

the individual is seeking to enter Malaysia from a country outside Malaysia during a period when there is an outbreak or suspected outbreak of the infectious disease in that country.

(2)

In this section, “infectious disease” has the meaning given in the relevant Schedule for the cross‑border railway concerned.

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