57. Amendment of section 60

In the Cross‑Border Railways Act 2018, in section 60 —

in subsection (1)(a)(i), after “cross‑border railway”, insert “outside of an excluded zone”;

in subsection (1)(a)(ii), replace “mentioned in section 59(1)(a) to (d)” with “to whom a security directive may be given under section 59(1)”;

in subsection (1)(b), replace “mentioned in paragraph (a)” with “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”;

in subsection (1)(f), after “a relevant person”, insert “unless prohibited by section 36 of the Cross‑Border Railways (Border Control Co‑location) Act 2026”;

in subsection (1)(h), after “in paragraph (g)”, insert “unless prohibited by section 36 of the Cross‑Border Railways (Border Control Co‑location) Act 2026”;

after subsection (1), insert —“(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.”; and

after subsection (3), insert —“(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 —

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

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.”.