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Cross-Border Railways Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Safety and Security Matters

61. Passenger, etc., searches on railway

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2026.

(1)

Without affecting section 60 but subject to section 36 of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026, for the purposes of ensuring the security of persons on any cross‑border railway in Singapore (whether or not passengers), a railway official may, without giving any reason, ask any individual in —

(a)

a train station of a cross-border railway; or

(b)

a cross‑border train at a train station mentioned in paragraph (a),to allow the railway official to inspect and search any baggage or other thing carried by the individual or apparently in the immediate control of the individual; and that individual must permit that baggage or thing to be inspected and searched.

(2)

Without prejudice to subsection (3) but subject to section 36 of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026, a railway official may require any individual who refuses to permit any baggage or other thing carried by the individual or apparently in the immediate control of the individual to be inspected and searched to leave the train station or train, with that baggage or thing, and that individual must do so within a reasonable time.

(3)

Any individual who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

(4)

In this section, “railway official” means any of the following individuals who is authorised by the cross‑border railway security agency in writing to exercise the power to search under this section at or in relation to any train station specified in that written authorisation:

(a)

any officer of the LTA;

(b)

a police officer or an auxiliary police officer in uniform;

(c)

any employee of a licensee;

(d)

any security officer (within the meaning of the Private Security Industry Act 2007) engaged by a licensee.

Terms defined in s 2

auxiliary police officer
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“auxiliary police officer” means a person appointed as such under Part 9 of the Police Force Act 2004;
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cross-border railway
Defined · s 2
“cross-border railway” means a railway which —(a)has a railway network with a terminus in Singapore and runs to any part of peninsular Malaysia; and(b)is constructed under this Act;
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cross-border railway security agency
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“cross-border railway security agency” means a person or body of persons designated by section 58 to be the cross‑border railway security agency for the purposes of this Act;
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cross-border train
Defined · s 2
“cross-border train” means a train used for or in connection with providing a cross‑border train service;
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licensee
Defined · s 2
“licensee” means the holder of a licence but excludes such a holder when the licence is suspended;
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LTA
Defined · s 2
“LTA” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;
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railway
Defined · s 2
“railway” means a network or system of fixed horizontal rails, tracks, grooves or other guide‑ways on, under or above the ground along which a train moves or runs, and includes —(a)all railway assets built, installed or used for the operation of the railway; and(b)all railway infrastructure constructed or intended to be constructed for any railway and any extension of the railway;
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train
Defined · s 2
“train” means a carriage, tram, car or other vehicle for the carriage of passengers on a railway;
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train station
Defined · s 2
“train station” means a building designed, equipped or set apart with facilities for —(a)the commencement or termination of a passenger train service;(b)the purchase of tickets by intending train passengers; (c)the boarding and alighting of train passengers and other matters incidental to the carriage of passengers by train; and(d)the conduct of border control functions (if any) in connection with train passengers boarding or alighting.
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