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Part 5B · Co-Located Border Control for Cross-Border Railways

36I. Extended criminal jurisdiction for conduct within Singapore designated area for certain offences

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Last amended by an amending law of 2026.

(1)

Any conduct engaged in outside Singapore within a Singapore designated area of a cross-border railway that, if engaged in within Singapore, would constitute an offence under any of the following provisions of this Act if and as modified by this Part:

(a)

section 5(5) read with section 5(2);

(b)

section 5A(3);

(c)

section 6(3);

(d)

section 8(5);

(e)

section 9(5) or (6);

(f)

section 25A(4);

(g)

section 27(3);

(h)

section 28(4)(a), (b), (c) or (d);

(i)

section 29(4);

(j)

section 30(2);

(k)

section 36(2);

(l)

section 57(1)(a), (aa), (c), (f), (g), (i), (j), (k), (ka), (l), (m) or (n);

(m)

section 57D(1) or (2),is to be treated for the purposes of that provision as if the person engaged in that conduct in Singapore.

(2)

A person who engages in any conduct mentioned in subsection (1) may be tried and punished for that conduct by a court in Singapore.

(3)

However, sections 38(1) and (3), 51(3) and 57D(6) do not apply to or in relation to any person who engaged in any conduct mentioned in subsection (1) until the person is within Singapore.

(4)

To be clear, it does not matter whether the conduct engaged in constitutes an offence under the laws of Malaysia, and this section does not affect sections 39 and 40 of the Cross-Border Railways (Border Control Co-location) Act 2026.

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