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Passports Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Issue of Singapore Passports and Travel Documents
17. Validity of Singapore document of identity, etc.
Feedback & supportA Singapore document of identity or other emergency travel document in section 16 is valid for such a time as, in the opinion of the Controller, will be sufficient to enable the person —
Singapore document of identity
Defined · s 2
“Singapore document of identity” means a document issued under section 16 to any person who is a citizen of Singapore for the purposes of urgently facilitating the person’s entry into or exit from any country, and purporting to establish the identity and nationality of that person;
(a)
to leave and return to Singapore;
(b)
to return to Singapore; or
(c)
to complete his or her specified journey,as the case may require.