Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026 · Updated to 30 Sep 2026 · Part 9 · Amendments to Other Acts
75. New section 39AA
Feedback & supportIn the Regulation of Imports and Exports Act 1995, after section 39, insert —“Modification of provisions for cross‑border railway preclearance outside Singapore39AA.—
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;
The provisions of this Act and any regulations made under this Act which prohibit or restrict the import of any goods are modified by and subject to sections 24, 25 and 26 of the Cross‑Border Railways (Border Control Co‑location) Act 2026 where a Singapore controlled item is involved.
To be clear —
any reference in section 17 or any regulations made under this Act to goods about to be, or recently imported, includes a reference to any goods of any person who is travelling to Singapore on a pre‑cleared train journey and who arrives or is due to arrive at the Singapore designated area outside Singapore at which pre‑clearance procedures are carried out, wearing or carrying or apparently having possession or immediate control of those goods;
goods
“goods” means movable property of any kind and, without limiting the generality of the expression, includes any creature, plant, money, thing, document, vessel and aircraft;
any reference in section 19 or 20 to a police station or examination station is a reference only to any appropriate room or space within the Singapore designated area outside Singapore;
Singapore designated area
“Singapore designated area”, for a cross‑border railway, means an area in peninsular Malaysia designated in a map by the Malaysian Government and the Singapore Government under the treaty relating to the cross‑border railway to be the designated area for Singapore in respect of that cross‑border railway;
any reference in section 21 or any regulations made under this Act to any person entering or having recently entered Singapore by land includes a reference to any person who is travelling to Singapore on a pre‑cleared train journey and arrives or is due to arrive at the Singapore designated area outside Singapore at which pre‑clearance procedures are carried out;
sections 21 and 26 and any regulations made under this Act that authorises any authorised officer or senior authorised officer to arrest an individual do not apply to or in relation to any individual until the individual is within Singapore; and
any reference in any provision in Part 4 to the Director‑General or an authorised officer or a senior authorised officer as the provision affects a person within the Singapore designated area is a reference only to an authorised officer or a senior authorised 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;
In this section —“pre‑clearance procedures” and “pre‑cleared train journey” have the meanings given by section 36D of the Immigration Act 1959;“Singapore controlled item”, “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.”.
train
“train” means a vehicle (with or without wheels) of a kind that operates on a railway and is used or capable of being used —(a)as a means of transport of passengers or cargo, or both passengers and cargo; or(b)for movement on the railway in order to maintain the railway; Examples Any train and rolling stock, coaches, wagons, maintenance or engineering vehicles or other railway equipment that is designed for movement along a line of railway. Any locomotive, engine, track car, tender, flanger and railway crane.