Passports Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Refusing or Cancelling Singapore Passports and Travel Documents
23. Reasons relating to law enforcement
Feedback & supportThe Controller may cancel any Singapore passport or Singapore travel document that has been issued to a person, or refuse to issue any Singapore passport or Singapore travel document to a person, if the Controller believes on reasonable grounds that —
Controller
“Controller” means the Controller of Immigration appointed under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1959;
the person is the subject of a warrant of arrest issued in Singapore in respect of an arrestable offence against any written law which is prescribed; or
the person (including a person who is in prison) is prevented from travelling internationally by force of —
a condition of parole, or of an undertaking or a surety, bail bond or licence for early release from prison, granted under any written law; or
any written law, or an order or other direction (however described) under any written law.
In this section, “prevented from travelling internationally” includes being —
required to remain in Singapore;
required to surrender a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document;
not permitted to apply for a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document; or
not permitted to obtain a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document.