Criminal Procedure Code - Singapore Statutes Online

Surrender of travel document

112.—(1) Notwithstanding any other written law —

(a)	a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant, with the written consent of an authorised officer;
(b)	the head or an authorised director of any other law enforcement agency or a person of a similar rank; or [Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/10/2018]
(c)	any officer of a prescribed law enforcement agency, with the written consent of the head or an authorised director of that law enforcement agency or a person of a similar rank,

may require a person whom he has reasonable grounds for believing has committed any offence to surrender his travel document.

[Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/10/2018]

(2) Any person who fails to surrender his travel document as required under subsection (1) may be arrested and taken before a Magistrate.

(3) If the person arrested and taken before the Magistrate under subsection (2) is unable to show good reasons for not surrendering his travel document, the Magistrate may commit him to prison until he surrenders his travel document.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), a certificate signed by an authorised officer, or the head or an authorised director of any law enforcement agency or a person of a similar rank, or the head or an authorised director of any prescribed law enforcement agency or a person of a similar rank, as the case may be, to the effect that the prisoner has complied with the requirements to surrender his travel document is sufficient warrant for the Commissioner of Prisons to release the prisoner.

[Act 1 of 2014 wef 01/07/2014]

[Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/10/2018]

(4A) Any person who has surrendered that person’s travel document under this section must not leave, or attempt to leave, Singapore unless —

(a)	that person has applied under section 113 for the return of that travel document; and
(b)	that travel document is returned to that person. [Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/10/2018]

(4B) Any person who knowingly contravenes subsection (4A) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.

[Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/10/2018]

(5) In this section and section 113 —

“authorised director”, in relation to a law enforcement agency, means a director of that law enforcement agency who is authorised to perform the duties, and exercise the powers, under this section and section 113 of the head of that law enforcement agency;

[Act 19 of 2018 wef 31/10/2018]

“authorised officer” means a police officer of or above the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police who is authorised by the Commissioner of Police to give a written consent referred to in subsection (1)(a);

“prescribed law enforcement agency” means a law enforcement agency prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1)(c) by the Minister charged with the responsibility for that law enforcement agency.

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