No. S 659
Public Order Act
(CHAPTER 257A)
Public Order
(National Day Parade 2020)
Notification 2020
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(2) of the Public Order Act, the Commissioner of Police makes the following Notification:
Citation
1.  This Notification is the Public Order (National Day Parade 2020) Notification 2020.
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 2020 taking place —
(a)at the Padang from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 9 August 2020; and
(b)at The Star Vista from 3 p.m. to 11.59 p.m. on 9 August 2020,
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 2020) Declaration 2020 (G.N. No. S 658/2020);
“special event area” means —
(a)for the National Day Parade 2020 held at the Padang — the area described in the First Schedule to the Public Order (National Day Parade 2020) Declaration 2020 for the special event; and
(b)for the National Day Parade 2020 held at The Star Vista — the area described in the Second Schedule to the Public Order (National Day Parade 2020) Declaration 2020 for the special event;
“special event period” means —
(a)for the National Day Parade 2020 held at the Padang — the period from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 9 August 2020 only; and
(b)for the National Day Parade 2020 held at The Star Vista — the period from 3 p.m. to 11.59 p.m. on 9 August 2020 only;
“special zone” means —
(a)for the National Day Parade 2020 held at the Padang — the area described in the Second Schedule; and
(b)for the National Day Parade 2020 held at The Star Vista — the area described in the Third Schedule.
Conditions of entry to special event area
3.  It is a condition of entry into the special event area —
(a)that a person in, or seeking to enter, 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 in, or seeking to enter, the special event area must, if asked by a police officer, permit a search to be made of the person;
(c)that a person in, or seeking to enter, the special event area must not take into or possess in the special event area a prohibited item; and
(d)that a person in, or seeking to enter, 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 —
(a)any of the powers under section 24, 27 or 28 of the Act at any place within, or along the boundaries of, the special zone; and
(b)any of the powers under section 29(2) of the Act at any place within, or along the boundaries of, the special event area.
(2)  During the special event period, a police officer may exercise any of the powers under section 25, 26 or 29(3) of the Act at any place within, or along the boundaries of, the special event area.
Expiry
5.  This Notification expires on 10 August 2020.
Made on 29 July 2020.
HOONG WEE TECK
Commissioner of Police,
Singapore.
[MHA112/2/0108; AG/LEGIS/SL/257A/2020/4 Vol. 1]