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No. S 704

Passports Act

(CHAPTER 220)

Passports (Amendment)
Regulations 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 60 of the Passports Act, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Passports (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into operation on 1 January 2017.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Passports Regulations 2007 (G.N. No. S 651/2007) is amended by deleting the definitions of “fingerprint” and “photograph”.

Amendment of regulation 3

3. Regulation 3(1) of the Passports Regulations 2007 is amended by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (c), the following sub‑paragraph:

“(ca)

unless expressly dispensed with by an authorised officer, the following images of the applicant’s irises (taken using iris scanning technologies):

(i)	images of the left and right irises;
(ii)	where it is possible to take the image of only one iris, an image of that iris;”.

Amendment of regulation 5

4. Regulation 5(1) of the Passports Regulations 2007 is amended by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (c), the following sub‑paragraph:

“(ca)

unless expressly dispensed with by an authorised officer, the following images of the applicant’s irises (taken using iris scanning technologies):

(i)	images of the left and right irises;
(ii)	where it is possible to take the image of only one iris, an image of that iris;”.

[G.N. Nos. S 116/2008; S 41/2009; S 646/2009; S 291/2010]

Made on 28 December 2016.

LOH NGAI SENG

Second Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/052; AG/LEGIS/SL/220/2015/2 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 60(4) of the Passports Act).