Passports Act 2007 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Offences Relating to Singapore Passports and Travel Documents
45. Failure to notify loss of Singapore passport, etc.
Feedback & supportA person to whom a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document is issued shall be guilty of an offence if —
Singapore passport
“Singapore passport” means —(a)a Singapore ordinary passport;(b)a Singapore diplomatic passport; or(c)a Singapore official passport,issued by or on behalf of the Government under this Act;
the Singapore passport or Singapore travel document issued to the person is lost, stolen or destroyed;
the person knows that the Singapore passport or Singapore travel document has been either lost, stolen or destroyed; and
the person fails to report the loss, theft or destruction to an authorised officer within 14 days after the first time the person knows that the Singapore passport or Singapore travel document has been either lost, stolen or destroyed.
In the case where the person to whom a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document is issued is a child, any person who has parental responsibility for the child shall be guilty of an offence 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 Singapore passport or Singapore travel document issued to the child is lost, stolen or destroyed;
the person who has parental responsibility for the child knows that the Singapore passport or Singapore travel document has been either lost, stolen or destroyed; and
the person who has parental responsibility for the child fails to report the loss, theft or destruction to an authorised officer within 14 days after the first time the person knows that the Singapore passport or Singapore travel document has been either lost, stolen or destroyed.
Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if the person, or the person who has parental responsibility for the child (as the case may be) has a reasonable excuse.