Singapore legislation

Clause 4

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

Clause 4

Meanings of “ordinary CIQ power” and “special CIQ power”

(1)

An ordinary CIQ power is to require an individual seeking to enter peninsular Malaysia from Singapore, or to enter Singapore from peninsular Malaysia, by travelling on a cross‑border train on a cross‑border railway, to do all or any of the following:

(a)

to present to a Malaysian preclearance officer in Singapore, or a Singapore preclearance officer in peninsular Malaysia —

(i)

the individual’s travel document;

(ii)

evidence of any visa required by or under a Malaysian border control law for the individual to enter Malaysia, or a Singapore border control law for the individual to enter Singapore, as the case may be; and

(iii)

the individual’s ticket if he or she is a passenger;

(b)

to provide one or more personal identifiers in the manner required by or under a Malaysian border control law for the individual to enter Malaysia, or a Singapore border control law for the individual to enter Singapore, as the case may be;

(c)

if the individual is seeking to import into Malaysia or Singapore (as the case may be) any thing —

(i)

to present the individual’s documents relating to the proposed import into Malaysia or Singapore (as the case may be) of the thing; and

(ii)

to allow a Malaysian preclearance officer in Singapore or a Singapore preclearance officer in Malaysia (as the case may be) to inspect the thing;

(d)

to undergo a medical examination, or to undergo supervised or voluntary isolation or quarantine;

(e)

to provide any information (including the individual’s signature and health information) required by or under a Malaysian border control law for the individual to enter or to import any thing into Malaysia, or a Singapore border control law for the individual to enter or to import any thing into Singapore, as the case may be.

(2)

The other ordinary CIQ powers are all or any of the following:

(a)

to question or interview an individual seeking to enter peninsular Malaysia from Singapore, or to enter Singapore from peninsular Malaysia, by travelling on a cross‑border train on a cross‑border railway (as the case may be) in connection with —

(i)

his or her seeking to enter, or to import any thing into, Malaysia; or

(ii)

his or her seeking to enter, or to import any thing into, Singapore;

(b)

to refuse an individual mentioned in paragraph (a) —

(i)

entry into Malaysia or Singapore;

(ii)

exit from Malaysia or Singapore;

(iii)

permission to import any thing into Malaysia or Singapore; or

(iv)

permission to export any thing from Malaysia or Singapore.

(3)

The special CIQ powers are to require an individual seeking to enter peninsular Malaysia from Singapore, or to enter Singapore from peninsular Malaysia, by travelling on a cross‑border train on a cross‑border railway, to do, or to refrain from doing, anything that is specified in the relevant Schedule relating to that cross‑border railway.

(4)

In subsection (1) —

Definition

“personal identifier”, for an individual, means all or any of the following:

(a)

the individual’s signature;

(b)

the individual’s fingerprint or handprint;

(c)

a photograph or other image of the individual’s face and shoulders;

(d)

any other physiological data about the individual necessary for identifying or authenticating the identity of the individual where using a biometric authenticating system;

Definition

“travel document” means a document (such as but not limited to a passport) that is issued for travel purposes by or on behalf of —

(a)

the Singapore Government;

(b)

the Malaysian Government;

(c)

the government of another foreign country; or

(d)

an international organisation,and it does not matter whether the document is or is not also issued for another purpose.

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