Singapore legislation

Clause 24

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

Clause 24

Same powers and immunities as in Singapore for Singapore preclearance officers in Malaysia

(1)

Except as otherwise expressly provided, every Singapore preclearance officer conducting border clearance or railway security checks or performing any preparatory work in a Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway has —

(a)

the same powers, rights and immunities under the applicable Singapore border control law; and

(b)

so far as possible, to perform the same duties,as when conducting the border clearance or railway security checks or performing that preparatory work in Singapore.

(2)

Every Singapore border protection service officer serving as a Singapore preclearance officer may, within the Singapore designated area of the cross‑border railway in peninsular Malaysia, conduct border clearance and railway security checks of people and goods travelling by any cross‑border train bound for Singapore from peninsular Malaysia using a cross‑border railway —

(a)

to the extent that is conferred by or under a Singapore border control law on a Singapore preclearance officer; and

(b)

subject to the limits mentioned in the following provisions as those provisions apply, with the necessary modifications, to such a Singapore preclearance officer serving in peninsular Malaysia as they apply to a Malaysian preclearance officer conducting border clearance or railway security checks in a Malaysia designated area of the cross‑border railway in Singapore:

(i)

sections 14 to 18;

(ii)

the relevant Schedule relating to that cross‑border railway.

(3)

In addition, before the opening of a cross‑border railway, a Singapore border protection service officer serving as a Singapore preclearance officer may perform any preparatory work —

(a)

within the Singapore designated area of the cross‑border railway in peninsular Malaysia; and

(b)

(i)

sections 14 to 18;

(ii)

the relevant Schedule relating to that cross‑border railway.

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