United Nations (Sanctions — Yemen) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 01 Oct 2021

No. S 745

United Nations Act

(CHAPTER 339)

United Nations
(Sanctions — Yemen)
(Amendment) Regulations 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the United Nations Act, the Minister for Law makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the United Nations (Sanctions — Yemen) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 4 October 2021.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the United Nations (Sanctions — Yemen) Regulations 2015 (G.N. No. S 525/2015) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting “2456 (2019)” and substituting “2564 (2021)”.

Amendment of regulation 4

3. Regulation 4(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “Resolution 2216 (2015)” in paragraph (c) of the definition of “specified person”, the words “or 2564 (2021)”.

New regulation 8A

4. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 8, the following regulation:

“Power to inspect and seize certain items

8A.—(1) A specified person may inspect any cargo that is bound for Yemen and within Singapore if the specified person has reasonable grounds to believe the cargo contains any item the supply, sale or transfer of which is prohibited by regulation 6A or 6B.

(2) A specified person —

(a)	may seize any item for which the specified person has reasonable grounds to believe the supply, sale or transfer of which is prohibited by regulation 6A or 6B; and
(b)	must, as soon as reasonably practicable after any such seizure, hand over the item to a police officer.

(3) Sections 370, 371 and 372 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) relating to the handling of property seized by a police officer apply, with the necessary modifications, to any item handed over to a police officer by a specified person under paragraph (2)(b) as if the item were seized by the police officer instead of the specified person.

(4) In this regulation —

“police officer” includes a Commercial Affairs Officer appointed under section 64 of the Police Force Act (Cap. 235);

“specified person” means any of the following persons:

(a)	the Director-General of Customs appointed under section 4(1) of the Customs Act (Cap. 70);
(b)	a Deputy Director-General of Customs or an Assistant Director‑General of Customs appointed under section 4(2) of the Customs Act;
(c)	a senior officer of customs appointed under section 4(4) of the Customs Act;
(d)	an officer of customs appointed under section 5(2) of the Customs Act.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 548/2019; S 41/2020]

Made on 22 September 2021.

LAI WEI LIN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.

[LAW 15/007/11.11; AG/LEGIS/SL/339/2020/7 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 2(4) of the United Nations Act).

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