National Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2006

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 12 Jul 2006

No. S 413

National Registration Act

(Chapter 201)

National Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 19 of the National Registration Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into operation on 15th July 2006.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 13

2. Regulation 13 of the National Registration Regulations (Rg 2) is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Surrendering of identity cards

13.—(1) Any person registered under these Regulations —

(a)	who intends to leave Singapore permanently;
(b)	who ceases to be a citizen of Singapore;
(c)	whose re-entry permit has expired while he is overseas; or
(d)	whose entry permit has been cancelled under the Immigration Act (Cap. 133),

shall surrender his identity card to a registration officer or, in exceptional circumstances, to an immigration officer or to a diplomatic or consular officer of the Government of Singapore in a foreign country —

(i)	within 14 days of the date of his intended departure, if he is leaving Singapore permanently; or
(ii)	immediately, after ceasing to be a citizen of Singapore or after the expiry or cancellation of his re-entry or entry permit.

(2) Any officer to whom any identity card is surrendered by any person under paragraph (1) shall issue a receipt to the person in such form as the Commissioner may determine.”.

Amendment of regulation 20

3. Regulation 20 of the National Registration Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (b).

[G.N. Nos. S 606/2000; S526/2002]

Made this 5th day of July 2006.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[ICA/00164/84; AG/LEG/SL/201/2002/1 Vol. 1]

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