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Part 5 · Offences Relating to Singapore Passports and Travel Documents

39. Making or giving false or misleading statements or information

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(1)

If —

(a)

a person makes a statement (whether orally, in writing or any other way) or gives information to another person;

(b)

the statement or information —

(i)

is false or misleading; or

(ii)

omits any matter or thing without which the statement or information is misleading;

(c)

the person knows that the statement or information is as described in paragraph (b); and

(d)

the statement is made or the information is given in, or in connection with —

(i)

an application for a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document (whether for that person or for another);

(ii)

an application for an endorsement or extension of a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document (whether for that person or for another); or

(iii)

a report of the loss, theft or destruction of a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document (whether or not belonging to that person),the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply —

(a)

if the statement or information is not false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b)

if the statement or information did not omit any matter or thing without which the statement or information is misleading in a material particular.

(3)

In this section, “information” includes any personal identifier.

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Obligations Relating to Identifying Information

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Miscellaneous

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