Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
of Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) Regulations
Regulation 3
Waiver of passport, etc., production for certain citizens
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 5A(2)(a) of the Act, the requirement to present a Singapore passport or Singapore travel document under section 5A(1)(a) or (1C)(a) of the Act may be waived by an immigration officer in respect of any citizen of Singapore arriving in or leaving Singapore (by air, sea or land) in any of the following circumstances:
the citizen’s Singapore passport has been lost, stolen or destroyed while outside Singapore;
an emergency has affected the availability of the information necessary to ascertain whether or not that he is already the holder of a Singapore passport;
as a member of the Singapore Armed Forces travelling on duty;
the citizen obtains immigration clearance through an automated clearance system using other means (such as by presenting a personal identifier to the system or using a QR code generated from an electronic service specified by the Controller).
Subregulation 2
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in paragraph (1)(d) shall be taken as exempting any citizen of Singapore referred to therein from having in his possession a valid Singapore passport or Singapore travel document when leaving Singapore (by air, sea or land) to a place outside Singapore, or when arriving in Singapore (by air, sea or land) from a place outside Singapore.