Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) (Amendment) Order 2011

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 18 Apr 2011

No. S 205

Immigration Act

(CHAPTER 133)

Immigration
(Exemption from Singapore Visa)
(Amendment) Order 2011

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 56 of the Immigration Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) (Amendment) Order 2011 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 17th April 2011.

Amendment of paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 2 of the Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) Order (O 4) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (i) of sub-paragraph (g), the following sub-paragraphs:

“(ia)	a person appointed to work in a diplomatic or consular mission of the government of any foreign territory specified in Part IV of the Schedule, and who holds a valid diplomatic passport, service passport or public affairs passport issued by the government of that foreign territory;
(ib)	a representative of the government of any foreign territory specified in Part IV of the Schedule in any international organisation in Singapore, and who holds a valid diplomatic passport, service passport or public affairs passport issued by the government of that foreign territory;”;

(b)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (g)(ii);

(c)

by inserting the word “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (iii) of sub-paragraph (g), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(iv)

a spouse or any unmarried child below the age of 18 years of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (ia) or a representative in an international organisation referred to in sub-paragraph (ib), as the case may be, and who is living in the same household of that person or representative, as the case may be;”; and

(d)

by renumbering the paragraph as sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(g)(ib) and (iv), “international organisation” means —

(a)	an organisation declared by an order of the President under section 2 of the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Act (Cap. 145) to be an organisation of which the Government and the government or governments of one or more foreign sovereign Powers are members; or
(b)	a person or, a person who belongs to a class of persons, referred to in section 6(3) of the Diplomatic and Consular Relations Act (Cap. 82A).”.

Amendment of Schedule

3. The Schedule to the Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) Order is amended by inserting, immediately after Part III, the following Part:

“Part IV

1. People’s Republic of China.”.

Made this 18th day of April 2011.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore.

[ICA 075/70(1); ICA 0096/72; ICA/00164/84; AG/LLRD/SL/133/2010/3 Vol. 1]

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