Internal Security Act 1960 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Special Provisions Relating to Security Areas
49. Danger area
Feedback & supportThe Minister, if he considers it necessary or expedient in the public security to do so, may, by order to be published in the Gazette, declare any area within a security area to be a danger area.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for internal security;
The limits and extent of every danger area shall be demarcated at the site by such means as will, in the opinion of the Minister, make apparent to persons in or about the area concerned that such area has been declared a danger area.
danger area
“danger area” means any area declared to be a danger area under section 49;
No person shall enter or remain in a danger area, and any person who fails to comply with this subsection shall be guilty of an offence under this Part:Provided that this subsection shall not apply to members of the security forces in the performance of their duty, or to any person accompanied by any such member.
security forces
“security forces” includes the Singapore Police Force, the Special Constabulary, the auxiliary police force, the Singapore Armed Forces, any local forces established under any written law in force in Singapore, and any force which is a visiting force for the purposes of Part 1 of the Visiting Forces Act 1960 and in respect of whom all or any of the powers exercisable by the Singapore Armed Forces or their members under this Act have been made exercisable by an order made under any such law;
Any member of the security forces may within a danger area take such measures, including means dangerous or fatal to human life, as he considers necessary to ensure that no person prohibited from entering or remaining in a danger area shall enter or remain in such area.
No claim of any kind shall accrue to, or in respect of any injury sustained by, any person as a result of his having entered or remained in a danger area in contravention of subsection (3):Provided that this subsection shall not preclude the award of compensation under any regulations made under section 72 if, in the particular circumstances under which the person sustaining the injury entered or remained in a danger area, the authority empowered to award compensation thereunder considers it equitable to award such compensation.
Where any land, building or other immovable property is within a danger area, a claim for compensation in respect of such land, building or other immovable property may be made in the manner prescribed by regulations made under section 72.