Immigration Act (Amendment of Schedule) Order 2016

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 28 Dec 2016

No. S 703

Immigration Act

(CHAPTER 133)

Immigration Act
(Amendment of Schedule)
Order 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 61A of the Immigration Act, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Immigration Act (Amendment of Schedule) Order 2016 and comes into operation on 1 January 2017.

Amendment of Schedule

2. The Schedule to the Immigration Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting item 1 and substituting the following item:

“1.	A person’s fingerprint or handprint (taken using paper and ink, digital scanning technologies or otherwise).”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after item 3, the following item:

“4.	An image of a person’s iris (taken using iris scanning technologies).”.

Made on 28 December 2016.

LOH NGAI SENG

Second Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/067; AG/LEGIS/SL/133/2015/4 Vol. 1]

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