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Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026 · Updated to 30 Sep 2026 · Part 4 · Border Clearance and Railway Security Checks by Singapore in Malaysia

26. Modification of Singapore laws for cross‑border railway preclearance outside Singapore, etc.

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(1)

Any provision of a Singapore border control law mentioned in section 25(1) that authorises or requires a Singapore border protection service officer to use a place in Singapore —

(a)

for questioning or interviewing, for the purposes of any such Singapore border control law, any individual entering or arriving by land in Singapore from a place outside Singapore; or

(b)

for inspecting or examining, for such purposes, the personal property of such an individual,applies as if the reference to the use of a place in Singapore by a Singapore border protection service officer were a reference to the use of an appropriate space within the Singapore designated area by a Singapore border protection service officer who is a Singapore preclearance officer; and it does not matter whether the space is or is not a customs station, a customs office or an examination station.

(2)

Any reference in any provision of such a Singapore border control law to a Singapore border protection service officer (however called) as the provision affects a person within the Singapore designated area is a reference only to a Singapore border protection service officer who is a Singapore preclearance officer.

(3)

Any conduct engaged in outside Singapore within a Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway that, if engaged in within Singapore, would constitute an offence under any provision of any Singapore border control law as modified by section 25 and this section, is to be treated for the purposes of that provision as if the person engaged in that conduct in Singapore.

(4)

An individual who engaged in any conduct mentioned in subsection (3) may be tried and punished for that conduct by a court in Singapore.

(5)

However, any provision of any Singapore border control law mentioned in subsection (1) that authorises any Singapore border protection service officer to arrest an individual does not apply to or in relation to any individual who engaged in any conduct mentioned in subsection (3) until the individual is within Singapore.

(6)

To be clear, it does not matter whether the conduct engaged in constitutes an offence under the laws of Malaysia, and this section does not affect sections 39 and 40.

Terms defined in s 3

conduct
Defined · s 3
“conduct”, as a verb, means —(a)to do an act or omit to do an act —(i)on a single occasion; or(ii)on a number of occasions over a period of time; or(b)to both do an act and omit to do an act —(i)on a single occasion; or(ii)on a number of occasions over a period of time;
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cross‑border railway
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“cross‑border railway” means a railway that —(a)has a railway network with a terminus in Singapore and runs to any part of peninsular Malaysia; and(b)is constructed under the Cross‑Border Railways Act 2018;
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inspecting
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“inspecting”, in relation to any property, includes handling the property, opening it and examining or moving its contents;
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land
Defined · s 3
“land” includes any foreshore or open space;
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personal property
Defined · s 3
“personal property”, in relation to an individual, means things worn or carried by an individual or apparently in the possession or immediate control of the individual;
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Singapore border control law
Defined · s 3
“Singapore border control law”, for a cross‑border railway, means any written law specified in the relevant Schedule relating to the cross‑border railway, being a law connected with immigration, customs, health, veterinary and phytosanitary controls, consumer protection or transport;
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Singapore border protection service officer
Defined · s 3
“Singapore border protection service officer” means an individual who is an employee of the Singapore Government or a Singapore public sector agency and performing duties in any of the Singapore border protection services, and includes a health officer appointed under section 4(1) of the Infectious Diseases Act 1976;
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Singapore designated area
Defined · s 3
“Singapore designated area”, for a cross‑border railway, means an area in peninsular Malaysia designated in a map by the Malaysian Government and the Singapore Government under the treaty relating to the cross‑border railway to be the designated area for Singapore in respect of that cross‑border railway;
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Singapore preclearance officer
Defined · s 3
“Singapore preclearance officer” means a Singapore border protection service officer who —(a)is nominated by the Minister under Part 4 to be a Singapore preclearance officer; and(b)is accepted in Malaysia as a Singapore preclearance officer in respect of a cross‑border railway,but only while on duty or carrying out work in that capacity;
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