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Part 9 · Safety and Security Matters

60. Powers of cross-border railway security agency

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Last amended by an amending law of 2026.

(1)

For the purposes of ensuring the security of any cross‑border railway in Singapore, the cross‑border railway security agency or a police officer authorised by the cross‑border railway security agency may —

(a)

enter and inspect —

(i)

any part of a cross‑border railway outside of an excluded zone or a cross‑border train;

(ii)

any area, building (other than a residence) or vehicle under the control of a person to whom a security directive may be given under section 59(1) (called in this section a relevant person); or

(iii)

if a relevant person operates from a residence or a part of a residence, the residence or the part of the residence from which the person operates;

(b)

inspect equipment in a place or vehicle which the cross-border railway security agency or a police officer may enter and inspect under this section, unless prohibited by section 36 of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026;

(c)

observe the operating procedures of a relevant person with a view to railway security;

(d)

discuss the procedures of a relevant person after observation under paragraph (c) with an employee of another relevant person, or with another such person, with a view to railway security;

(e)

inspect, photograph or copy a document or record made or kept by a relevant person;

(f)

operate equipment at a place mentioned in paragraph (a) for the purposes of gaining access to a document or record made or kept by a relevant person unless prohibited by section 36 of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026;

(g)

enter and inspect a train at a train station at a cross‑border railway;

(h)

inspect equipment in the train mentioned in paragraph (g) unless prohibited by section 36 of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026;

(i)

observe the operating procedures for a cross‑border train (whether carried out by the crew or some other person) with a view to railway security;

(j)

discuss those procedures mentioned in paragraph (i) with a person carrying them out or with a relevant person; and

(k)

inspect, photograph or copy a document or record held in the train that relates to a passenger or an item of baggage.

(1A)

Despite subsection (1)(a)(i), the cross-border railway security agency or a police officer authorised by the cross-border railway security agency may enter and inspect any excluded zone of a cross-border railway with the express and prior consent of the Government of Malaysia.

(2)

The cross-border railway security agency, or a police officer authorised by the cross‑border railway security agency, may exercise a power specified in subsection (1) —

(a)

if the power is exercised within the boundaries of a train station of a cross‑border railway — at any time and without notice;

(b)

at any time and without notice, if the power is exercised outside the boundaries of a train station of a cross‑border railway and is a power specified —

(i)

in subsection (1)(a)(i) or (ii), (c) or (d);

(ii)

in subsection (1)(e) to the extent that it relates to subsection (1)(a) or (d); or

(iii)

in subsection (1)(f) to the extent that it relates to subsection (1)(a)(iii); and

(c)

otherwise — after giving the person concerned reasonable notice.

(3)

An auxiliary police officer who is authorised in writing by the cross‑border railway security agency may assist the cross‑border railway security agency or a police officer authorised by that agency exercising in Singapore any power under any provision of this Division.

(4)

For the purposes of subsections (1) and (1A), “excluded zone”, for a cross-border railway, means the part of the cross-border railway that —

(a)

is demarcated under section 7(1) of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026 to be Malaysia’s CIQ zone in Singapore for that cross-border railway; or

(b)

is any other part of the Malaysia designated area (as defined in the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026) for that cross-border railway and is not a departure train platform.

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