No. S 470
Public Order Act
(CHAPTER 257A)
Public Order
(National Day Parade 2015)
Notification 2015
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 22 of the Public Order Act, the Commissioner of Police makes the following Notification:
Citation
1.  This Notification may be cited as the Public Order (National Day Parade 2015) Notification 2015.
Definitions
2.  In this Notification, unless the context otherwise requires —
“prohibited item” means a thing specified in the First Schedule;
“special event” means the National Day Parade 2015 taking place at the Padang in Singapore —
(a)on 9 August 2015; or
(b)on 16 August 2015 if it did not take place earlier,
which the Minister has declared to be a special event for the purposes of Part III of the Act by the Public Order (National Day Parade 2015) Declaration 2015 (G.N. No. S 469/2015);
“special event area” means the area so declared by the Public Order (National Day Parade 2015) Declaration 2015 for the special event;
“special event period” means —
(a)in the case where the special event is held on 9 August 2015, the whole of 9 August 2015; or
(b)in the case where the special event is held on 16 August 2015 instead, the whole of 16 August 2015;
“special zone” means the area within the special event area that is described in the Second Schedule.
Conditions of entry to special event area
3.  It is a condition of entry into the special event area —
(a)that a person seeking to enter, or in, the special event area must, if asked by a police officer or an approved person, permit an inspection to be made of the person’s personal property;
(b)that a person seeking to enter, or in, the special event area must, if asked by a police officer, permit a search to be made of the person;
(c)that a person seeking to enter, or in, the special event area must not take into or possess in the special event area a prohibited item; and
(d)that a person seeking to enter, or in, the special event area must comply with any lawful order of a police officer or an approved person regarding the entrant’s entry into and remaining in that special event area.
Where powers may be exercised
4.—(1)  During the special event period, a police officer or an approved person may exercise any of the powers under section 24, 27 or 28 of the Act at any place within the special zone.
(2)  During the special event period, a police officer may exercise any of the powers under section 25 or 26 of the Act at any place that —
(a)is within the special event area; or
(b)is along the boundaries of the special event area.
(3)  During the special event period, a police officer or an approved person may exercise any of the powers under section 29 of the Act at any place that —
(a)is within the special event area; or
(b)is along the boundaries of the special event area.
Expiry
5.  This Notification expires —
(a)in the case where the special event is held on 9 August 2015, on 10 August 2015; or
(b)in the case where the special event is held on 16 August 2015 instead, on 17 August 2015.
Made on 31 July 2015.
HOONG WEE TECK
Commissioner of Police,
Singapore.
[MHA 112/2/0108; AG/LEGIS/SL/257A/2015/1 Vol. 2]