Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026 · Updated to 30 Sep 2026 · Part 9 · Amendments to Other Acts
73. New section 50A
Feedback & supportIn the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 2021, after section 50, insert —“Extended criminal jurisdiction for possessing false certificate, etc.50A.—
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 50(c) 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 engaged 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.
Section 44 extends to apply to and in relation to any document that is produced by a person within a Singapore designated area of a cross‑border railway, with respect to 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 the Registrar‑General is a reference only to a Registrar, a Supervising Deputy Registrar, an Assistant Registrar or a registration officer who —
is delegated the power or function of the Registrar‑General under that section; and
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 taking possession of any document from any person includes a reference to transferring custody of the document 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;
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;