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Immigration Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Procedure on Arrival in and Departure from Singapore

23F. Provision in advance by person due to arrive in or due to leave Singapore by land

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Last amended by an amending law of 2023.

(1)

This section applies to a person (called in this section the subject person) who —

(a)

is due to arrive at any authorised point of entry in Singapore from a place outside Singapore, or is due to leave any authorised point of departure in Singapore to a place outside Singapore, by land (using any mode of land transport or on foot); and

(b)

is, by reasonable prior notice given by the Controller, required to comply with this section.

(2)

The subject person must, within such time prior to the subject person’s arrival at the authorised point of entry or departure from the authorised point of departure (as the case may be), furnish to the Controller such particulars of the subject person, in such form and manner, as may be prescribed.

(3)

The Controller may at any time, by notice to the subject person, revoke the notice given to the subject person under subsection (1)(b).

(4)

The Controller may (instead of giving a notice directly to the subject person under subsection (1)(b) or (3)) publish the notice generally, in such form and manner as the Controller considers appropriate in the circumstances, and the requirements of subsection (1)(b) or (3) (as the case may be) are taken to be satisfied upon such publication.

(5)

Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

Terms defined in s 2

arrive
Defined · s 2
“arrive” means —(a)in relation to an aircraft, the aircraft coming to a stop after landing;(b)in relation to a vessel or ship, the securing of the vessel or ship for any purposes, including for the embarkation or disembarkation of its passengers or the loading or unloading of its cargo or stores or both; or(c)in relation to a train, the train coming to a stop at a train checkpoint;
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authorised point of departure
Defined · s 2
“authorised airport”, “authorised landing place”, “authorised train checkpoint”, “authorised point of entry”, “authorised departing place” and “authorised point of departure” mean, respectively, an airport, a landing place, a train checkpoint, a point of entry, a departing place or a point of departure declared as such under section 5;
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authorised point of entry
Defined · s 2
“authorised airport”, “authorised landing place”, “authorised train checkpoint”, “authorised point of entry”, “authorised departing place” and “authorised point of departure” mean, respectively, an airport, a landing place, a train checkpoint, a point of entry, a departing place or a point of departure declared as such under section 5;
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Controller
Defined · s 2
“Controller” means the Controller of Immigration appointed under section 3;
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leave
Defined · s 2
“leave” means —(a)in the case of a person leaving Singapore by sea, embarking in Singapore on a vessel which is about to leave Singapore and remaining on board such vessel at the time of its departure for any place outside Singapore;(b)in the case of a person leaving Singapore by air, boarding an aircraft in Singapore which is about to depart from Singapore; (c)in the case of a person leaving Singapore by land, boarding and remaining in a train or other vehicle which is about to leave Singapore; and (d)in the case of a vessel, an aircraft or a train leaving Singapore by sea, air or land (as the case may be), departing from any authorised departing place in Singapore by sea, or from any airport or train checkpoint in Singapore, for any place outside Singapore;
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