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Formal Consolidation | 2003 RevEd
Search of vessels or aircraft
29.—(1) If any vessel or aircraft that is in or that is about to leave any port or airport of Singapore —
(a)
is suspected of having on board any article, the exportation or removal of which is absolutely prohibited by a notification issued under this Act, and which is not exempted by this Act or by any licence issued under this Act;
(b)
bound for any particular country, territory or place, is suspected of having on board any article the exportation of which to that country, territory or place is so prohibited, and which is not so exempted;
(c)
is suspected of having on board any article which is intended to be exported or removed contrary to this Act; or
(d)
is suspected of having on board any guns, arms, explosives or naval or military stores for the exportation of which no licence has been issued,
the Port Master, the Licensing Officer, the Commander, Airport Police or the Commander, Police Coast Guard may issue a search warrant directed to any boarding officer or any police officer named or referred to in the warrant.
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(2) In the execution of the warrant, any person to whom the warrant is directed may —
(a)
board any vessel or aircraft named or described in the warrant either with or without assistants;
(b)
forcibly enter every part of that vessel or aircraft; and
(c)
arrest any person reasonably suspected of being guilty of an offence under this Act.
(3) The Port Master, the Licensing Officer, the Commander, Airport Police or the Commander, Police Coast Guard may himself do what he may authorise a police officer to do under this section in either of the following cases:
(a)
if he has personal knowledge of such facts as satisfy him that there are sufficient grounds for a search;
(b)
if he receives information orally and either on oath or not on oath in such circumstances that the object of a search would in his opinion be defeated by the delay necessary for reducing the information to writing provided that the name and address of the person giving the information is known to or ascertained by him before he acts upon the information.
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(4) If, upon any search made under this section —
(a)
any article, the exportation or removal of which is absolutely prohibited by any notification issued under this Act, and which is not exempted by this Act or by any licence issued under this Act, is found on board any vessel or aircraft about to leave any port or airport of Singapore;
(b)
any article, the exportation of which to any particular country, territory or place is prohibited by any such notification, and which is not so exempted, is found on board any vessel or aircraft about to leave any port or airport of Singapore for that country, territory or place; or
(c)
any article, for the exportation of which a licence is required by this Act, is found on board any vessel or aircraft about to leave any port or airport of Singapore,
it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that the article was attempted to be exported or removed contrary to this Act, or that the article was attempted to be exported without a licence, as the case may be, and that vessel or aircraft may be detained for the purpose of removing that article therefrom, and the article may be removed.
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(5) In this section, “Commander, Airport Police” and “Commander, Police Coast Guard” mean the persons designated by the Commissioner of Police as such.
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Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 5 of 2007
Search of vessels or aircraft
29.—(1) If any vessel or aircraft that is in or that is about to leave any port or airport of Singapore —
(a)
is suspected of having on board any article, the exportation or removal of which is absolutely prohibited by a notification issued under this Act, and which is not exempted by this Act or by any licence issued under this Act;
(b)
bound for any particular country, territory or place, is suspected of having on board any article the exportation of which to that country, territory or place is so prohibited, and which is not so exempted;
(c)
is suspected of having on board any article which is intended to be exported or removed contrary to this Act; or
(d)
is suspected of having on board any guns, arms, explosives, explosive precursors or naval or military stores for the exportation of which no licence has been issued,
the Port Master, the Licensing Officer, the Commander, Airport Police or the Commander, Police Coast Guard may issue a search warrant directed to any boarding officer or any police officer named or referred to in the warrant.
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[5/2007 wef 01/07/2007]
(2) In the execution of the warrant, any person to whom the warrant is directed may —
(a)
board any vessel or aircraft named or described in the warrant either with or without assistants;
(b)
forcibly enter every part of that vessel or aircraft; and
(c)
arrest any person reasonably suspected of being guilty of an offence under this Act.
(3) The Port Master, the Licensing Officer, the Commander, Airport Police or the Commander, Police Coast Guard may himself do what he may authorise a police officer to do under this section in either of the following cases:
(a)
if he has personal knowledge of such facts as satisfy him that there are sufficient grounds for a search;
(b)
if he receives information orally and either on oath or not on oath in such circumstances that the object of a search would in his opinion be defeated by the delay necessary for reducing the information to writing provided that the name and address of the person giving the information is known to or ascertained by him before he acts upon the information.
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(4) If, upon any search made under this section —
(a)
any article, the exportation or removal of which is absolutely prohibited by any notification issued under this Act, and which is not exempted by this Act or by any licence issued under this Act, is found on board any vessel or aircraft about to leave any port or airport of Singapore;
(b)
any article, the exportation of which to any particular country, territory or place is prohibited by any such notification, and which is not so exempted, is found on board any vessel or aircraft about to leave any port or airport of Singapore for that country, territory or place; or
(c)
any article, for the exportation of which a licence is required by this Act, is found on board any vessel or aircraft about to leave any port or airport of Singapore,
it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that the article was attempted to be exported or removed contrary to this Act, or that the article was attempted to be exported without a licence, as the case may be, and that vessel or aircraft may be detained for the purpose of removing that article therefrom, and the article may be removed.
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(5) In this section, “Commander, Airport Police” and “Commander, Police Coast Guard” mean the persons designated by the Commissioner of Police as such.