Singapore legislation
Regulation 27
Regulation 27
Notification before leaving Singapore
Subregulation 1
A person liable for operationally ready national service who desires to leave Singapore must, before he leaves Singapore, notify the proper authority or any other person that the authority may designate, of the following particulars:
his destination outside Singapore;
the overseas addresses at which he intends to stay where the addresses are known to him;
the intended duration of his stay outside Singapore; (d)any other particulars relating to his operationally ready national service or his whereabouts overseas that may be considered necessary by the proper authority or the person designated by the authority.
Subregulation 2
A person liable for operationally ready national service who leaves Singapore must, if required by the proper authority, or any other person that the authority may designate, from time to time inform the proper authority or the person designated by the authority of any change of the particulars notified under paragraph (1).
Subregulation 3
The particulars to be notified under paragraph (1) must be notified by telephone or by such other means and in such manner as the proper authority may determine.
Subregulation 4
A person liable for operationally ready national service must ensure that the particulars to be notified under paragraph (1) are received and acknowledged by the proper authority or the person designated by the authority.
Subregulation 5
Such acknowledgment must take the form of a code or any other means that the proper authority may determine.
Subregulation 6
In any prosecution against a person for an offence for failure to comply with this regulation, it is a defence to prove that he had taken all reasonable steps to comply with the provision or that his failure was due to circumstances beyond his reasonable control.
Subregulation 7
Paragraphs (1) to (4) do not apply to any operationally ready national serviceman who has been certified by the proper authority to have completed his liability to report for training for the purposes of operationally ready national service.