Singapore legislation

Clause 38

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

Clause 38

Singapore protected material

(1)

Every Singapore protected material that is installed, kept or situated within a defined area in Malaysia remains the property of the Singapore Government, whether or not it has become in whole or in part a fixture.

(2)

Where any Singapore protected material contains any information, that information —

(a)

is to be treated as if the information were stored in Singapore; and

(b)

is governed by the laws of Singapore,for the time the Singapore protected material is installed, kept or situated within a defined area in Malaysia.

(3)

For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), a defined area in Malaysia means any of the following:

(a)

a Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway;

(b)

the railway station along a cross‑border railway where a Singapore designated area in paragraph (a) falls within or abuts;

(c)

any train platform within the railway station in paragraph (b);

(d)

a cross‑border train;

(e)

a vehicle parking facility or vehicle set down facility in peninsular Malaysia that is for passengers of a cross‑border railway mentioned in paragraph (b) and that the Malaysian Government specifies;

(f)

a pedestrian facility (such as ramps, overhead bridges, footpaths, escalators, stairs and lifts) in peninsular Malaysia for or connected or facilitating access between the railway station in paragraph (b) and any place mentioned in paragraph (a), (c), (d) or (e);

(g)

any premises mentioned in section 29 where incident management operations are being conducted by any Singapore incident management officer in relation to a railway occurrence that is a cross‑border incident.

(4)

In this section, “Singapore protected material” means any document or equipment that is supplied by the Singapore Government for the use of —

(a)

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

(b)

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

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