No. S 684
Immigration Act
(CHAPTER 133)
Immigration
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2019
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 55(1) of the Immigration Act, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the Immigration (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2019 and come into operation on 11 October 2019.
Deletion and substitution of regulation 32
2.  Regulation 32 of the Immigration Regulations (Rg 1) is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:
“Particulars of crew and passengers of aircraft
32.—(1)  For the purposes of section 23(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Act, the captain, owner or charterer of an aircraft arriving at any airport in Singapore must, upon the arrival of the aircraft at the airport —
(a)provide the particulars of each passenger who is on board the aircraft at the time of its arrival at the airport in Singapore in accordance with Annex 9 to the Chicago Convention; and
(b)provide the particulars of each member of the crew who is on board the aircraft at the time of its arrival at any airport in Singapore in accordance with Annex 9 to the Chicago Convention.
(2)  For the purposes of section 23(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Act, the captain, owner or charterer of an aircraft due to leave any airport in Singapore must —
(a)in relation to a type 1 aircraft, provide both of the following before the aircraft departs from the airport in Singapore:
(i)the particulars as specified in Part 1 of the Fourth Schedule of each passenger who will be on board the aircraft at the time of its departure from the airport in Singapore to a place outside Singapore in the format specified in that Part or in any other format;
(ii)the particulars as specified in Part 2 of the Fourth Schedule of each member of the crew who will be on board the aircraft at the time of its departure from the airport in Singapore to a place outside Singapore in the format specified in that Part or in any other format;
(b)in relation to a type 2 aircraft, provide both of the following before the aircraft departs from the airport in Singapore:
(i)the particulars of each passenger who is on board the aircraft at the time of its departure from the airport in Singapore to a place outside Singapore in accordance with Annex 9 to the Chicago Convention;
(ii)the particulars of each member of the crew who is on board the aircraft at the time of its departure from the airport in Singapore to a place outside Singapore in accordance with Annex 9 to the Chicago Convention; or
(c)in relation to a type 3 aircraft, provide all the particulars mentioned in sub‑paragraphs (a)(i) and (ii) and (b)(i) and (ii) and in accordance with those sub‑paragraphs, before the aircraft departs from the airport in Singapore.
(3)  For the purposes of section 23AA(1)(a) of the Act, the particulars as specified in Part 3 of the Fourth Schedule of each member of the crew who will be on board an aircraft due to arrive at any airport in Singapore from a place outside Singapore must be provided —
(a)in the format specified in that Part or in any other format; and
(b)before the aircraft departs from its last airport outside Singapore.
(4)  For the purposes of section 23AA(1)(b) and (c) of the Act, the particulars as specified in Part 4 of the Fourth Schedule of each passenger who will be on board an aircraft due to arrive at any airport in Singapore must be provided —
(a)in the format specified in that Part or in any other format; and
(b)before the aircraft departs from its last airport outside Singapore.
(5)  In this regulation —
“Chicago Convention” means —
(a)the Convention on International Civil Aviation done at Chicago on 7th December 1944;
(b)the Protocols amending that Convention which Singapore ratifies; and
(c)the Annexes to that Convention relating to international standards and recommended practices, being Annexes adopted in accordance with that Convention;
“type 1 aircraft” means an aircraft in respect of which the captain, owner, agent or charterer of the aircraft uses an electronic system approved by the Controller to provide the particulars of each passenger, or each member of the crew, who is or will be on board the aircraft;
“type 2 aircraft” means an aircraft in respect of which the captain, owner, agent or charterer of the aircraft does not use any electronic system to provide the particulars of each passenger, or each member of the crew, who is or will be on board the aircraft;
“type 3 aircraft” means an aircraft in respect of which the captain, owner, agent or charterer of the aircraft uses an electronic system not approved by the Controller to provide the particulars of each passenger, or each member of the crew, who is or will be on board the aircraft.”.
Deletion and substitution of Fourth Schedule
3.  The Fourth Schedule to the Immigration Regulations is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
“FOURTH SCHEDULE
Regulation 32(2)(a)(i) and (ii),
(3) and (4)
Part 1
particulars of passengers
in relation to aircraft
due to leave singaporE
1.Particulars of the aircraft due to leave Singapore
(a)Flight routing
(b)Carrier code
(c)Flight number
(d)Next place of arrival
(e)Departure airport code of airport at place of departure
(f)Arrival airport code of airport at next place of arrival
(g)Date of arrival at next place of arrival
(h)Date of departure from Singapore
2.Particulars of each passenger who will be on the above aircraft on its departure
(a)Name
(b)Gender
(c)Date of birth
(d)Nationality
(e)Travel document number
(f)Issuer of travel document, if any
(g)Date of issue of travel document, if any
(h)Date of expiry of travel document, if any
(i)Seat number, if any
(j)Baggage details, if any
(k)Ticket number, if any
(l)Any other particulars recorded in the passenger reservation system for the aircraft
3.[To specify particulars in item 2 for another passenger]
 [And so on]
Part 2
particulars of members of crew
in relation to aircraft
due to leave singaporE
1.Particulars of the aircraft due to leave Singapore
(a)Flight routing
(b)Carrier code
(c)Flight number
(d)Next place of arrival
(e)Departure airport code of airport at place of departure
(f)Arrival airport code of airport at next place of arrival
(g)Date of arrival at next place of arrival
(h)Date of departure from Singapore
2.Particulars of each member of the crew who will be on the above aircraft on its departure
(a)Name
(b)Gender
(c)Date of birth
(d)Nationality
(e)Travel document number
(f)Issuer of travel document, if any
(g)Date of issue of travel document, if any
(h)Date of expiry of travel document, if any
3.[To specify particulars in item 2 for another crew member]
 [And so on]
Part 3
particulars of members of crew
in relation to aircraft
due to arrive in singaporE
1.Particulars of the aircraft due to arrive in Singapore
(a)Flight routing
(b)Carrier code
(c)Flight number
(d)Last place of departure
(e)Arrival airport code of airport at place of arrival
(f)Departure airport code of airport at last place of departure
(g)Date of arrival in Singapore
2.Particulars of each member of the crew who will be on the above aircraft on its arrival
(a)Name
(b)Gender
(c)Date of birth
(d)Nationality
(e)Travel document number
(f)Issuer of travel document, if any
(g)Date of issue of travel document, if any
(h)Date of expiry of travel document, if any
3.[To specify particulars in item 2 for another crew member]
 [And so on]
Part 4
particulars of passengers
in relation to aircraft
due to arrive in singaporE
1.Particulars of the aircraft due to arrive in Singapore
(a)Flight routing
(b)Carrier code
(c)Flight number
(d)Last place of departure
(e)Arrival airport code of airport at place of arrival
(f)Departure airport code of airport at last place of departure
(g)Date of arrival in Singapore
2.Particulars of each passenger who will be on the above aircraft on its arrival
(a)Name
(b)Gender
(c)Date of birth
(d)Nationality
(e)Travel document number
(f)Issuer of travel document, if any
(g)Date of issue of travel document, if any
(h)Date of expiry of travel document, if any
(i)Seat number, if any
(j)Destination, if any
(k)Baggage details, if any
(l)Ticket number, if any
(m)Any other particulars recorded in the passenger reservation system for the aircraft
3.[To specify particulars in item 2 for another passenger]
 [And so on]
”.
[G.N. Nos. S 363/2010; S 213/2011; S 634/2011; S 626/2012; S 172/2013; S 560/2014; S 755/2014; S 168/2015; S 702/2016; S 636/2017; S 610/2018; S 205/2019]
Made on 10 October 2019.
PANG KIN KEONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.
[ICA/075/70; AG/LEGIS/SL/133/2015/6 Vol. 2]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 55(2) of the Immigration Act).
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