36D. Definitions for Part 5B

In this Part —“automated clearance system” has the meaning given by section 5A(5);“body search”, “screening” and “strip search” have the meanings given by section 5(5) of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026;“conduct”, as a verb, means —

to do an act or omit to do an act —

on a single occasion; or

on a number of occasions over a period of time; or

to both do an act and omit to do an act —

on a single occasion; or

on a number of occasions over a period of time;“cross-border railway” means a railway that —

has a railway network with a terminus in Singapore and runs to any part of peninsular Malaysia; and

is constructed under the Cross-Border Railways Act 2018;“cross-border train” means a train used for or in connection with providing a cross-border train service;“cross-border train service” means a passenger train service provided using a cross-border railway;“detain”, by a Singapore preclearance officer, where the expression is used in the context other than quarantine, means to keep in the company (not necessarily immediate) of, and to be restricted in movement by, the Singapore preclearance officer, and includes to keep or cause to be kept, in such detention;“immigration clearance” has the meaning given by section 5(8);“infectious disease” means a disease that —

is caused or is suspected to be caused by a micro-organism or any agent of disease;

is capable or is suspected to be capable of transmission by any means to human beings; and

is either —

the subject of a declaration under the Infectious Diseases Act 1976 of a public health emergency; or

of a fatal nature, or so serious a nature that the Director-General of Public Health or the Director-General of Health assesses the disease as a concern to public health in Singapore;“Malaysian border protection service officer” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026;“pre-clearance procedures” means procedures requiring a person within a Singapore designated area of a cross-border railway to be with an immigration officer or at an automated clearance system for immigration clearance to enter Singapore;“pre-cleared train journey” means a journey on a cross-border train that —

is bound directly for Singapore from peninsular Malaysia; and

is declared under section 36F to be a pre-cleared train journey;“Singapore designated area” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026;“Singapore preclearance officer” means an immigration officer who is a Singapore preclearance officer within the meaning of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026.