Passports Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Refusing or Cancelling Singapore Passports and Travel Documents
20. When Singapore travel document may be refused
Feedback & supportThe Controller may refuse a Singapore travel document to any person.
Controller
“Controller” means the Controller of Immigration appointed under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1959;
Without affecting subsection (1), the Controller may, by written notice, refuse a Singapore travel document to any person if —
Singapore travel document
“Singapore travel document” means —(a)a Singapore temporary travel document;(b)a Singapore document of identity or other emergency travel document issued under section 16; or(c)a Singapore travel document of the kind prescribed under section 18.
the person is the holder of another Singapore travel document of the same kind and that Singapore travel document is still valid at the time when the Singapore travel document applied for is to be issued;
a competent authority makes a request under section 24(1) to the Controller to refuse the Singapore travel document, and section 24(4) does not apply;
the Controller believes on reasonable grounds that the person —
is a person mentioned in section 23(1) or 24(5); or
has, in the 3 years before the application for the Singapore travel document is made, been convicted of an offence under this Act or the repealed Act, or of an arrestable offence against any written law that is prescribed; or
the Controller is aware of a circumstance in section 27 whereby it would be lawful for the Controller to refuse to issue the Singapore travel document to the person.