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Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026 · Updated to 30 Sep 2026 · Part 6 · Data Residency and Inviolability

35. Malaysian protected information

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(1)

All Malaysian protected information —

(a)

is to be treated as if the information were collected or generated in Malaysia; and

(b)

is governed by the laws of Malaysia, including those relating to protection, access, use or disclosure of the information.

(2)

To be clear, the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 and Parts 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D and 4 of the Cybersecurity Act 2018 do not apply to or in relation to —

(a)

any Malaysian protected information; and

(b)

any Malaysian protected material containing Malaysian protected information.

(3)

In this section and section 36 —

“Malaysian protected information” means any information that is collected or generated in Singapore by —

(a)

any Malaysian preclearance officer in the course of conducting border clearance or railway security checks or performing any preparatory work within a Malaysia designated area; or

(b)

any Malaysian incident management officer in the course of conducting incident management operations in Singapore in relation to a cross‑border incident;

“Malaysian protected material” means any document or equipment that is supplied by the Malaysian Government for the use of —

(a)

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

(b)

any Malaysian incident management officer in the course of conducting incident management operations in Singapore in relation to a cross‑border incident,whether or not containing any Malaysian protected information.

Terms defined in s 3

border clearance
Defined · s 3
“border clearance” includes to exercise CIQ powers concerning the admission into Malaysia from Singapore or vice versa of people and goods travelling by cross‑border train on a cross‑border railway bound for peninsular Malaysia from Singapore or bound for Singapore from peninsular Malaysia, as the case may be;
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cross‑border incident
Defined · s 3
“cross‑border incident” has the meaning given by section 6(2);
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document
Defined · s 3
“document” means any thing in or on which information of any description is recorded or stored, whether in electronic or other form;
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incident management operations
Defined · s 3
“incident management operations” has the meaning given by section 6(2);
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Malaysia designated area
Defined · s 3
“Malaysia designated area”, for a cross‑border railway, means an area in Singapore designated in a map by the Malaysian Government and the Singapore Government under the treaty relating to that cross‑border railway to be the designated area for Malaysia in respect of that cross‑border railway;
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Malaysian Government
Defined · s 3
“Malaysian Government” means the Government of Malaysia;
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Malaysian incident management officer
Defined · s 3
“Malaysian incident management officer” has the meaning given by section 27;
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Malaysian preclearance officer
Defined · s 3
“Malaysian preclearance officer” means a Malaysian border protection service officer who —(a)is recognised under section 9 as a Malaysian preclearance officer in respect of a cross‑border railway specified in the recognition; or(b)is deemed by section 10 recognised as a Malaysian 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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preparatory work
Defined · s 3
“preparatory work” means work that is preparatory to conducting border clearance or railway security checks;
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railway security checks
Defined · s 3
“railway security checks” means carrying on any ordinary checking mentioned in section 5(1) or special checking mentioned in section 5(2) for the purpose of safeguarding against any railway security incident associated with a cross‑border railway;
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