Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026 · Updated to 30 Sep 2026 · Part 9 · Amendments to Other Acts
69. New section 47A
Feedback & supportIn the Passports Act 2007, after section 47, insert —“Extended criminal jurisdiction for false foreign travel documents within Singapore designated area47A.—
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 47(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) is to be treated for the purposes of that provision as if the person engaged in that conduct in Singapore.
conduct
“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;
A person who engages in any conduct mentioned in subsection (1) 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.
Sections 29, 30 and 31(1) extend to apply to and in relation to any document and any person within a Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway in connection with an offence mentioned in subsection (1), subject to the following modifications:
document
“document” means any thing in or on which information of any description is recorded or stored, whether in electronic or other form;
any reference to an authorised officer, customs officer or police officer is a reference to an authorised officer, customs officer or police officer who is a Singapore preclearance officer;
Singapore preclearance officer
“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;
any reference to demanding the surrender, seizing or taking possession of any document from any person includes a reference to transferring custody of the document surrendered, seized or taken to a Malaysian border protection service officer without delay.
Malaysian border protection service officer
“Malaysian border protection service officer” means an individual who is an employee of the Malaysian Government and performing duties in any of the Malaysian border protection services;
To be clear, section 32 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.
In this section, “cross‑border railway”, “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.”.
cross‑border railway
“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;