Immigration Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5A · Obligations Relating to Identifying Information or Passenger Information
36A. Interpretation of this Part
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In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“crew information” means the information relating to any person who is or will be on board any vessel, aircraft, train or bus as a member of its crew at the time of its arrival in or departure from Singapore, which is provided to the Controller or any immigration officer by the master, operator, owner, agent or charterer of the vessel, aircraft, train or bus (as the case may be) pursuant to any provision of this Act;“disclose”, in relation to identifying information that is a personal identifier or in relation to passenger information, includes providing access to the identifying information or passenger information;“identifying information” means —
crew
“crew” includes every seaman on a vessel, and every person employed in the operation of an aircraft or a train or in any service rendered to the crew or passengers of an aircraft in flight or a train in motion;
any personal identifier;
personal identifier
“personal identifier” means any of the identifiers specified in the Schedule (including any in digital form);
any meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier;
any record of a result of analysing any personal identifier or meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier; and
any other information, derived from any personal identifier or meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier, or from any record of a kind referred to in paragraph (c), that could be used to discover a particular person’s identity or to get information about a particular person; “passenger information” means the information relating to any person who is or will be on board any vessel, aircraft, train or bus as its passenger at the time of its arrival in or departure from Singapore, which is provided to the Controller or any immigration officer by the master, operator, owner, agent or charterer of the vessel, aircraft, train or bus (as the case may be) pursuant to any provision of this Act.
passenger
“passenger” means any person carried in a vessel, an aircraft or a train, other than the members of the crew;
“crew information” means the information relating to any person who is or will be on board any vessel, aircraft, train or bus as a member of its crew at the time of its arrival in or departure from Singapore, which is provided to the Controller or any immigration officer by the master, operator, owner, agent or charterer of the vessel, aircraft, train or bus (as the case may be) pursuant to any provision of this Act;
vessel
“vessel” includes any ship or boat or other description of floating craft used in navigation, and includes any tackle, equipment, book, document, goods, cargo or things carried therein or thereon.
“disclose”, in relation to identifying information that is a personal identifier or in relation to passenger information, includes providing access to the identifying information or passenger information;
“identifying information” means —
any personal identifier;
any meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier;
any record of a result of analysing any personal identifier or meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier; and
any other information, derived from any personal identifier or meaningful identifier derived from any personal identifier, or from any record of a kind referred to in paragraph (c), that could be used to discover a particular person’s identity or to get information about a particular person;
“passenger information” means the information relating to any person who is or will be on board any vessel, aircraft, train or bus as its passenger at the time of its arrival in or departure from Singapore, which is provided to the Controller or any immigration officer by the master, operator, owner, agent or charterer of the vessel, aircraft, train or bus (as the case may be) pursuant to any provision of this Act.
Controller
“Controller” means the Controller of Immigration appointed under section 3;