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Immigration Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5B · Co-Located Border Control for Cross-Border Railways

36G. Application of provisions to cross-border railway preclearance outside Singapore

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2026.

(1)

Subject to subsection (3), where an area outside Singapore is declared under section 5(1AA) to be an authorised point of entry or immigration control post in connection with any treaty specified in the First Schedule to the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026, the provisions of this Act affecting —

(a)

any person travelling to Singapore for the purpose of seeking entry under a valid permit or pass;

(b)

any person who desires to enter Singapore;

(c)

any person arriving by train in Singapore from a place outside Singapore;

(d)

any person arriving or due to arrive at any authorised point of entry in Singapore from a place outside Singapore; or

(e)

any person disembarking or about to disembark in Singapore,extend (so far as relevant) to any person who is travelling to Singapore on a pre-cleared train journey and arrives or is due to arrive at the authorised point of entry or immigration control post outside Singapore at which pre-clearance procedures are carried out.

(2)

Subject to subsection (3), any reference in any provision of this Act to an immigration officer as the provision relates to an authorised point of entry or immigration control post outside Singapore at which pre-clearance procedures are carried out is a reference only to an immigration officer who is a Singapore preclearance officer.

(3)

In relation to an authorised point of entry or immigration control post outside Singapore at which pre-clearance procedures are carried out —

(a)

any train travelling to Singapore on a pre-cleared train journey that is due to leave or is leaving the authorised point of entry or immigration control post outside Singapore is taken to be a train arriving at any train checkpoint in Singapore from a place outside Singapore for the purposes of sections 23A and 23B;

(b)

any reference in section 25A(2B) to a direction to a person to leave Singapore by any mode of land transport or on foot is a reference to disallowing the person to board a cross-border train travelling to Singapore on a pre-cleared train journey; and

(c)

any reference in section 31 or 31A to prohibiting a person from disembarking or to removing a person from Singapore includes a reference to disallowing the person to board a cross-border train travelling to Singapore on a pre-cleared train journey.

(4)

This section is subject to the limits in sections 24 and 25 of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026 on the exercise of any power under this Act.

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;
Open s 2
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;
Open s 2
entry
Defined · s 2
“entry” means —(a)in the case of a person arriving by sea, disembarking in Singapore from the vessel in which he or she arrives;(b)in the case of a person arriving by air at an authorised airport, leaving the precincts of such airport;(c)in the case of a person entering by land and proceeding to an immigration control post under section 26 or an authorised train checkpoint under section 25A, leaving the precincts of such post or checkpoint for any purpose other than that of departing from Singapore by an approved route;(ca)in the case of a child born in Singapore on or after 15 January 2005 who is not a citizen of Singapore, his or her birth in Singapore; and(d)in any other case, any entry into Singapore by land, sea or air,but shall not include in any case an entry made for the purpose of complying with this Act or an entry, expressly or impliedly, sanctioned by an immigration officer for the purpose of any enquiry or detention under the provisions of this Act;
Open s 2
immigration control post
Defined · s 2
“immigration control post” means a post established as such by the Controller at a place declared to be an immigration control post under section 5;
Open s 2
immigration officer
Defined · s 2
“immigration officer” means any person appointed under section 3;
Open s 2
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;
Open s 2
pass
Defined · s 2
“pass” means a pass issued under the regulations entitling the holder thereof to remain, or enter and remain, temporarily in Singapore;
Open s 2
permit
Defined · s 2
“permit” includes an entry permit and a re-entry permit;
Open s 2

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Miscellaneous

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36G. Application of provisions to cross-border railway preclearance outside Singapore

Terms defined in s 2

Miscellaneous

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