Singapore legislation
Clause 9
Clause 9
Recognising Malaysian border protection service officers
(1)
Subject to subsections (2), (4) and (5), the Minister may from time to time recognise a Malaysian border protection service officer as a Malaysian preclearance officer in relation to a cross‑border railway specified in the recognition.
(2)
The Minister may decide to recognise a Malaysian border protection service officer as a Malaysian preclearance officer only after receiving a written nomination of the Malaysian Government regarding that officer.
(3)
The written nomination of the Malaysian Government may be communicated to the Minister through a person authorised by the Malaysian Government to do so.
(4)
The Minister must decide to recognise or refuse to recognise (as the case may be) a Malaysian border protection service officer as a Malaysian preclearance officer —
no later than the 30th day after receiving a written nomination of the Malaysian Government regarding that officer; or
within any longer period that the Minister and the Malaysian Government agree in any particular case.
(5)
The Minister may recognise only so many Malaysian border protection service officers as are necessary for the purposes of the secure conduct of border clearance and railway security checks by Malaysian preclearance officers in Singapore with reasonable speed and efficiency of people and goods travelling by cross‑border train bound for peninsular Malaysia using the cross‑border railway specified in the recognition.
(6)
The Minister may, without giving any reason, refuse to recognise any particular Malaysian border protection service officer as a Malaysian preclearance officer despite the nomination of the Malaysian Government.