Immigration (Amendment) Bill

by deleting the definitions of “authorised airport”, “authorised landing place” and “authorised point of entry” appearing therein and substituting therefor the following: —“ “authorised airport”, “authorised landing place”, “authorised point of entry”, “authorised departing place” or “authorised point of departure” mean respectively an airport, a landing place, a point of entry, a departing place or a point of departure declared as such under section 5;”;

by inserting immediately after the definition of “immigration signal” appearing therein the following new definition: —“ “leave” means —

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;

in the case of a person leaving Singapore by air, boarding an aircraft in Singapore which is about to depart from Singapore;

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;”;

by deleting the definition of “senior immigration officer” appearing therein; and

by deleting the definition of “stowaway” appearing therein and substituting therefor the following: —“ “stowaway” means a person who is secreted in a vessel or aircraft without the consent of the master or other person in charge of the vessel or aircraft and includes such a person who is arriving in or departing from Singapore on board any vessel or aircraft without the consent of the master or other person in charge of the vessel or aircraft;”.

The Minister may appoint a Controller of Immigration and such number of immigration officers as he may consider necessary for the proper carrying out of the provisions of this Act.(2) The powers and discretion vested in the Controller under this Act, and the duties required to be discharged by him may, subject to the provisions of section 4 and to such limitations as the Controller may impose, be exercised and discharged by immigration officers duly authorised by the Controller to act on his behalf.”.

by deleting the marginal note thereto and substituting therefor the expression “Entry into or departure from Singapore.”; and

by deleting subsection (2) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(2) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prescribe approved routes and declare such immigration control posts, places of embarkation, authorised airports, authorised points of departure or authorised departing place, as the case may be, and no person shall, unless compelled by accident or other reasonable cause, leave Singapore except at an authorised place of embarkation, airport, point of departure or place of departure.(3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.”.

by deleting the marginal note thereto and substituting therefor the expression “Control of entry into or departure from Singapore.”;

by inserting immediately after subsection (1) thereof the following new subsection: —“(2) Any person who has entered or remained in Singapore in accordance with a pass lawfully issued under this Act shall complete an embarkation form and submit it together with his passport or other travel document for examination by an immigration officer at the time he leaves Singapore.”; and

by re-numbering the existing subsection (2) thereof as subsection (3) and by inserting immediately after the expression “(1)” appearing in the second line thereof the expression “or (2)”.

by inserting immediately after the words “arrives at” appearing in the fifth line of subsection (1) thereof the words “or is about to leave”; and

by inserting immediately after the words “arrives in” appearing in the first line of subsection (2) thereof the words “or is about to leave”.

by deleting the marginal note thereto and substituting therefor the expression “Aircraft arriving in or departing from Singapore.”; and

by deleting subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(1) The captain of every aircraft which arrives in or leaves Singapore shall land his aircraft at, or fly his aircraft away from, an authorised airport.”.

by deleting the words “senior immigration officer” appearing in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the words “immigration officer generally or specially authorised in writing in that behalf by the Controller”; and

by deleting the words “a senior immigration officer” appearing in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the words “an immigration officer referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection”.

An immigration officer may prevent any person from leaving Singapore and require him to surrender his passport to him if he has reason to believe that that person is a person subject to the Enlistment Act (Cap. 229) who has been registered under section 3 of that Act or is deemed to be registered or is liable to be registered under that Act and is attempting to leave Singapore without an exit permit issued by the proper authority.(2) For the purposes of this section “person subject to the Enlistment Act” and “proper authority” shall have the meanings assigned to them by the Enlistment Act.”.

by deleting the word “Ordinance” appearing in the second and in the fifth lines thereof and substituting therefor in each case the word “Act”; and

by inserting immediately after the word “Act” appearing in the fourth line thereof the expression “or persons who have been found guilty of an offence under paragraphs (a) to (e) of section 56 of this Act,”.