Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 03 Sep 2008

No. S 444

Immigration Act

(Chapter 133)

Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) (Amendment No. 2) 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 No. 2) Regulations 2008 and shall come into operation on 15th September 2008.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2(1) of the Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) Regulations 2007 (G.N. No. S 656/2007) is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub-paragraph (d); and

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraph (e) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(e)

arriving in Singapore at an authorised landing place or authorised point of entry, or leaving Singapore from an authorised departing place or authorised point of departure, which has available an automated identification processing system for the immigration clearance of persons registered in the system, and the citizen can obtain his immigration clearance by using the system (such as by providing a personal identifier of his as evidence of his identity).”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3(1) of the Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) Regulations 2007 is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub-paragraph (b) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(b)

a non-citizen (not being a person whose presence in West Malaysia is unlawful under the provisions of any written law for the time being in force in West Malaysia relating to passports or immigration, or whose entry into Singapore has been prohibited by order made under the Act) who is a member of the Royal Malaysian Police travelling on duty to Singapore on a direct journey from West Malaysia on the request of the Singapore Police Force and who is in possession of a certificate of appointment or an identifying warrant card;”; and

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraphs (e) and (f) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:

“(e)

a non-citizen arriving in Singapore at an authorised landing place or authorised point of entry, or leaving Singapore from an authorised departing place or authorised point of departure, which has available an automated identification processing system for the immigration clearance of persons registered in the system, and the non-citizen can obtain his immigration clearance by using the system (such as by providing a personal identifier of his as evidence of his identity);

(f)

any head of state of a foreign territory who is a guest of the Government.”.

[G.N. No. S 206/2008]

Made this 29th day of August 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).

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