68. New section 16A

In the National Registration Act 1965, after section 16, insert —“Extended criminal jurisdiction for conduct within Singapore designated area for certain offences16A.—

Any conduct engaged in by a person in a Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway that, if engaged in within Singapore, would constitute an offence under —

section 16(1)(e) or (h);

section 16(2)(a), (b) or (d);

section 16(3); or

section 21(3),is to be treated for the purposes of that provision as if the person engaged in that conduct in Singapore.

Section 19 extends to apply to conduct engaged in by any person within a Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway that is —

an attempt to commit, or doing any act preparatory to the commission of, an offence mentioned in subsection (1); or

giving another person any assistance with intent to prevent, hinder or interfere with the apprehension, trial or punishment of that person for an offence mentioned in subsection (1).

A person who engages in any conduct mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) may be tried and punished for that conduct by a court in 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.

Section 21 extends to apply to and in relation to any document or identity card in the possession or control of any person within a Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway and in connection with an offence mentioned in subsection (1), subject to the following modifications:

any reference to a registration officer or a police officer is a reference to a registration officer or a police officer who is a Singapore preclearance officer;

any reference to demanding the surrender of any document or identity card from any person includes a reference to transferring custody of the document or identity card surrendered to a Malaysian border protection service officer without delay.

To be clear, sections 16(4) and 22(1) do not apply to or in relation to any person who engaged in any conduct mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) until the person is within Singapore.

In this section, “cross‑border railway”, “cross‑border train”, “Malaysian border protection service officer”, “Singapore designated area” and “Singapore preclearance officer” have the meanings given by section 3(1) of the Cross‑Border Railways (Border Control Co‑location) Act 2026.”.