Singapore legislation

Regulation 6

of Enlistment (Exit Permit) Regulations 1975

Regulation 6

Obligations of exit permit holder

Subregulation 1

Subject to this regulation, a person who has been issued an exit permit must within 7 days of his return to Singapore —

(a)

report to the proper authority; and

(b)

surrender his exit permit to the proper authority.

Subregulation 2

Paragraph (1) does not apply to —

(a)

any person who is a national serviceman in operationally ready national service;

(b)

any person (not being a national serviceman in operationally ready national service) who has returned to Singapore for a visit while he is still pursuing a course of study or training overseas; and

(c)

any person (not being a national serviceman in operationally ready national service) —

(i)

whose employment is of such a nature that he needs to travel frequently into and out of Singapore; and

(ii)

who has been granted an exemption by the proper authority from the requirements of paragraph (1).

Subregulation 3

A person mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) or (c) must within 7 days of the date his exit permit ceases to be in force —

(a)

report to the proper authority; and

(b)

surrender his exit permit to the proper authority.

Subregulation 4

A person mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) or (c) who has obtained an exit permit extending the period of his stay outside Singapore must surrender the exit permit currently held by him to the proper authority within 7 days of the date the exit permit ceases to be in force.

Subregulation 5

The proper authority may exempt any person from the requirements of this regulation.