Internal Security Act

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3 Prohibition of uniforms of political or quasi-military organisations

5 Prohibition of quasi-military organisations

7 Prohibition of uniforms, emblems, etc.

8 Power to order detention

9 Duty to inform person detained of grounds of detention, etc.

10 Detention order may be suspended

11 Representations against detention order

12 Report of advisory board

14 Power to summon witnesses

15 Member of advisory board deemed to be a public servant

16 Disclosure of information

17 Power to order removal

18 Power to order production of detained person

19 Saving in respect of prosecution of persons detained

20 Prohibition of printing, sale, etc., of documents and publications

21 Objections against orders under section 20

22 Printing, publishing, etc., in contravention of order under section 20

23 Possession of documents, etc., in contravention of order under section 20

24 Importation in contravention of order under section 20

25 Posting of placards, etc.

26 Dissemination of false reports

27 Possession of subversive documents

28 Powers of search and seizure of documents

29 Disposal of subversive documents, etc.

30 Power to require information

31 Power to impose conditions

32 Promoter, etc., to be in attendance at entertainment or exhibition

33 Power to prohibit certain entertainments or exhibitions

34 Powers of entry and investigation

36 Powers of seizure

37 Powers of closure

38 Liability of principal for acts of employee

39 Abetment and penalty

40 Powers relating to appointments

41 Power to close schools or educational institutions

42 Control of admission to institutions of higher education

43 Powers in relation to pupils, etc., visiting Singapore

44 Attempts to commit offences and assisting offenders

45 Abetment and general penalty

47 Enforcement of bonds

48 Proclamation of security areas

52 Exclusion of persons

54 Power to take possession of land or buildings

55 Power to order destruction of certain unoccupied buildings

56 Power to control roads, etc.

57 Power to seize rice and other food

58 Offences relating to firearms, ammunition and explosives

59 Consorting with person carrying or having possession of fire arms or explosives

61 Failure to report offences or to give information

62 Attempt to commit offences

63 Assisting offenders

64 Abetment and general penalty

67 Power to dispense with death inquiries

68 Medical officers of armed forces to be regarded as medical officers for purpose of inquiries

70 Application of section 94 of the Penal Code

71 Extension of right of private defence

72 Power to make regulations

73 Seizability and bailability of offences

74 Power to detain suspected persons

75 Use of lethal weapons in effecting arrests

76 Admission of statements in evidence

77 Inspection of bankers’ books

78 Disposal of property

79 Registration of persons arrested or detained

80 Jurisdiction of District Court

81 Restriction on prosecution

82 Publicity of orders

84 Amendment, etc., of Schedules

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30 Mar 1987

Amended by
Act 26 of 2022

Amended by
Act 25 of 2021

Amended by
Act 40 of 2019

Amended by
Act 15 of 2019

Amended by
Act 41 of 2017

Amended by
Act 15 of 2010

Amended by
Act 42 of 2005

Amended by
Act 2 of 1994

Amended by
Act 11 of 1991

Amended by
Act 2 of 1989

Prohibition of printing, sale, etc., of documents and publications

20.—(1) Where it appears to the Minister charged with the responsibility for printing presses and publications that any document or publication —

(a)	contains any incitement to violence;
(b)	counsels disobedience to the law or to any lawful order;
(c)	is calculated or likely to lead to a breach of the peace, or to promote feelings of hostility between different races or classes of the population; or
(d)	is prejudicial to the national interest, public order or security of Singapore,

he may by order published in the Gazette prohibit either absolutely or subject to such conditions as may be prescribed therein the printing, publication, sale, issue, circulation or possession of such document or publication.

(2) An order under subsection (1) may, if the order so provides, be extended so as —

(a)

in the case of a periodical publication, to prohibit the publication, sale, issue, circulation, possession or importation of any past or future issue thereof;

(b)

in the case of a publication which has or appears or purports to have issued from a specified publishing house, agency or other source, to prohibit the publication, sale, issue, circulation or importation of any other publication which may at any time whether before or after the date of the order have or appear or purport to have issued from such specified publishing house, agency or other source.

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