Singapore legislation

Clause 35

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

Clause 35

Malaysian protected information

(1)

All Malaysian protected information —

(a)

is to be treated as if the information were collected or generated in Malaysia; and

(b)

is governed by the laws of Malaysia, including those relating to protection, access, use or disclosure of the information.

(2)

To be clear, the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 and Parts 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D and 4 of the Cybersecurity Act 2018 do not apply to or in relation to —

(a)

any Malaysian protected information; and

(b)

any Malaysian protected material containing Malaysian protected information.

(3)

In this section and section 36 —

Definition

“Malaysian protected information” means any information that is collected or generated in Singapore by —

(a)

any Malaysian preclearance officer in the course of conducting border clearance or railway security checks or performing any preparatory work within a Malaysia designated area; or

(b)

any Malaysian incident management officer in the course of conducting incident management operations in Singapore in relation to a cross‑border incident;

Definition

“Malaysian protected material” means any document or equipment that is supplied by the Malaysian Government for the use of —

(a)

any Malaysian preclearance officer in the course of conducting border clearance or railway security checks or performing any preparatory work within a Malaysia designated area in Singapore; or

(b)

any Malaysian incident management officer in the course of conducting incident management operations in Singapore in relation to a cross‑border incident,whether or not containing any Malaysian protected information.

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