67. New sections 45C and 45D

In the Infectious Diseases Act 1976, after section 45B, insert —“Modification of provisions for cross‑border railway preclearance outside Singapore45C.—

Sections 2A, 15, 21A(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6), 21H, 21J, 26(2), 30(1), (2), (3) and (4), 31(1), (2) and (3), 45A, 55(1)(e) and (f), (4), (8) and (9)(a), 56(3), (8) and (9) and 64 apply to persons and things within the Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway at which pre‑clearance procedures are carried out as if the Singapore designated area were a place in Singapore, subject to —

limits in section 24 of the Cross‑Border Railways (Border Control Co‑location) Act 2026 on the exercise of any power under this Act; and

the modifications in subsection (2).

For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) —

any reference in any provision mentioned in subsection (1) to the Director‑General of Health, a Health Officer or a police officer is a reference only to a Health Officer or police officer who is a Singapore preclearance officer;

any power conferred on the Director‑General of Health or any Health Officer under section 15, 45A or 55(1)(f) is exercisable in relation to a person within the Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway at which pre‑clearance procedures are carried out only where the Singapore preclearance officer concerned in the Singapore designated area suspects, or has reasonable grounds to believe, that the person —

is a carrier of, or is infected with, an infectious disease;

has undergone a medical examination in connection with an infectious disease but has not received a conclusive result of that medical examination;

has been exposed to the risk of infection from an infectious disease; or

is seeking to enter Singapore from a country or territory outside Singapore during a period when there is an outbreak or suspected outbreak of an infectious disease in that country or territory;

the provisions in sections 15 and 55(1)(f) extend to any person who is travelling to Singapore on a pre‑cleared train journey and arrives at the Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway at which pre‑clearance procedures are carried out to board the cross‑border train concerned;

the provisions in section 21A(1) or (2) affecting any person’s presence or conduct in a public place extend to any person while he or she is within the Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway at which pre‑clearance procedures are carried out;

the provisions in sections 30(1), (2), (3) and (4), 31(1), (2) or (3) and 45A affecting any person arriving in or entering Singapore from a place outside Singapore or arriving in Singapore on an international journey by land, extend to any person who —

is travelling to Singapore on a pre‑cleared train journey on a cross‑border train; and

arrives at the Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway at which pre‑clearance procedures are carried out to board the cross‑border train concerned;

the provisions in —

section 26(2) prohibiting any person entering Singapore from an infected area declared under section 26(1); or

section 30(1), (2) and (3) requiring a person entering or arriving in Singapore in a vehicle by land to perform or undergo a pre‑departure test before boarding the vehicle,extend to any person who is travelling to Singapore on a pre‑cleared train journey before he or she arrives at the Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway at which pre‑clearance procedures are carried out, and not before he or she boards or is about to board the cross‑border train concerned; and

when section 30(3) or 31(1) is extended in the manner provided in paragraphs (e) and (f), any reference in section 30(4) or 31(3) to returning a person, not being a citizen of Singapore, who arrives in Singapore to the person’s place of origin is a reference to refusing a person, not being a citizen of Singapore, entry into or remaining within the Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway at which pre‑clearance procedures are carried out.

In this section and section 45D —“cross‑border railway” and “Singapore designated area” have the meanings given by section 3(1) of the Cross‑Border Railways (Border Control Co‑location) Act 2026;“pre‑clearance procedures” and “pre‑cleared train journey” have the meanings given by section 36D of the Immigration Act 1959.Extended criminal jurisdiction for conduct within Singapore designated area for certain offences45D.—

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 section 15(4), 21A(4), 30(3), 45A(2), 55(8) or 64 is to be treated for the purposes of that provision as if the person engaged in that conduct in Singapore.

A person who engaged in conduct mentioned in subsection (1) may be tried and punished for that conduct by a court in Singapore.

However, section 56 does not apply to or in relation to any person who engaged in any conduct mentioned in subsection (1) until the person is within Singapore.

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 of the Cross‑Border Railways (Border Control Co‑location) Act 2026.”.