Singapore legislation

Clause 32

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

Clause 32

Same powers and immunities as in Singapore for Singapore incident management officers in Malaysia

(1)

Except as otherwise expressly provided, a Singapore incident management officer conducting incident management operations under section 28 in Malaysia has —

(a)

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

(i)

preserving, restoring or maintaining public order;

(ii)

the protection of life and property;

(iii)

preventing, managing or controlling of quarantinable diseases in Singapore;

(iv)

protecting people from injury or death, and public property from damage or loss, whether arising from criminal acts or in any other way;

(v)

responding to, or minimising, the adverse effects of a railway occurrence; or

(vi)

carrying out ordinary checking or special checking for the purposes of railway security checks relating to a cross‑border railway affected by a railway occurrence, so far as relevant; and

(b)

so far as possible, to perform the same duties,as when conducting incident management operations in Singapore.

(2)

Every Singapore incident management officer may conduct incident management operations under section 28 in peninsular Malaysia —

(a)

to the extent that is conferred under written law on the Singapore incident management officer; and

(b)

subject to the limits mentioned in the following provisions as those provisions apply, with the necessary modifications, to such a Singapore incident management officer serving in peninsular Malaysia as they apply to a Malaysian incident management officer conducting incident management operations in Singapore by virtue of section 30:

(i)

sections 14 to 18 so far as these apply to carrying out ordinary checks or special checks for the purposes of railway security checks during incident management operations;

(ii)

section 31;

(iii)

the relevant Schedule relating to that cross‑border railway so far as these apply to other activities undertaken during incident management operations.

(3)

The provisions of any Singapore border control law for the purposes in subsection (1)(a) or (b), or otherwise providing for the conduct of incident management operations, apply within any premises in section 29, even if those premises are in peninsular Malaysia, subject to the modifications mentioned in this section.