No. S 206
Immigration Act
(Chapter 133)
Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 55(1) read with section 5A of the Immigration Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into operation on 9th April 2008.
New regulation 1A
2.  The Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) Regulations 2007 (G.N. No. S 656/2007) are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 1, the following regulation:
Evidence of identity and Singapore citizenship
1A.  For the purposes of section 5A(1)( a) of the Act, the other evidence of identity that must be provided by a citizen of Singapore to an immigration officer, on his arriving in or leaving Singapore, at an authorised airport, authorised landing place, authorised train checkpoint, authorised point of entry, authorised departing place or authorised point of departure, as the case may be, shall be all or any of the following:
(a)one or more fingerprints or a handprint of the citizen (including those taken using paper and ink or digital livescanning technologies);
(b)a photograph or other image of the citizen’s face and shoulders;
(c)the citizen’s signature;
(d)any other personal identifier of the citizen.”.

Made this 9th day of April 2008.

BENNY LIM
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.
[MHA 112/2/037; AG/LEG/SL/133/2002/1 Vol. 5]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 55(2) of the Immigration Act).