Singapore legislation

Clause 44

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

Clause 44

Disapplication of Act if non‑reciprocating

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may make regulations prescribing that —

(a)

this Act does not apply in relation to any Malaysian preclearance officer or any Malaysian incident management officer, whether generally or for specified classes of cases; or

(b)

the application of this Act in relation to any Malaysian preclearance officer or any Malaysian incident management officer is subject to modifications or exceptions.

(2)

Regulations may be made under this section only if the Minister is satisfied that any duty, power, protection or privilege accorded under Malaysian law to —

(a)

any Singapore preclearance officer in the course of conducting border clearance or railway security checks or performing preparatory work within a Singapore designated area in peninsular Malaysia; 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,is substantially less favourable than that accorded by this Act to —

(c)

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

(d)

a Malaysian incident management officer for conducting incident management operations in Singapore in relation to a cross‑border incident.

(3)

In making regulations under subsection (1)(b), the Minister must have regard to the nature and extent any duty, power, protection or privilege accorded under Malaysian law to any officer mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (b) is substantially less favourable than that accorded by this Act to an officer mentioned in subsection (2)(c) or (d).

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