Passports Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Refusing or Cancelling Singapore Passports and Travel Documents
22. Cancellation of Singapore document of identity, etc.
Feedback & supportWithout affecting section 21, the Controller may, by written notice, recall any Singapore document of identity and cancel it or retain possession of it where —
Controller
“Controller” means the Controller of Immigration appointed under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1959;
a Singapore passport is issued to the holder of the Singapore document of identity;
another Singapore document of identity is issued under section 16 to the holder thereof in substitution for the first one;
there is reasonable cause to believe that the particulars recorded in the Singapore document of identity are incorrect;
there is reasonable cause to believe that the Singapore document of identity has been obtained by means of any false statement or any statement that is false in a material particular;
the Singapore document of identity has expired;
the Singapore document of identity is so damaged or defaced as to render it, in the opinion of the Controller, unsuitable for use; or
the Singapore document of identity has been reported lost or stolen.
Every Singapore document of identity that is cancelled under subsection (1) is accordingly invalid.
Singapore document of identity
“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 reference to a Singapore document of identity in this section includes a reference to any other emergency travel document issued under section 16.
document
“document” includes —(a)any paper or other material where there is writing;(b)any paper or other material on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations that are —(i)capable of being given a meaning by persons qualified to interpret them; or(ii)capable of being responded to by a computer, a machine or an electronic device; or(c)any article or material from which information is capable of being reproduced with or without the aid of any other article or device;