Immigration (Exemption from Section 6) Order

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as at 04 Nov 2024

Immigration Act

(CHAPTER 133, Section 56)

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G.N. No. S 648/2005

REVISED EDITION 2009

(1st June 2009)

[7th October 2005]

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Exemption from section 6) Order.

Definitions

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —

“air service” means a service comprising the carriage of passengers or cargo for hire by means of an aircraft;

“airline crew member” means a person who is employed as a flight crew member by an international air carrier or other air service;

“permanent resident” means a person who is not subject to any restriction under the Act as to his period of residence in Singapore.

Exemption from section 6(1) of Act

3.—(1) The following classes of persons are exempt from section 6(1) of the Act:

(a)	the classes of persons specified in the First Schedule, and their spouses and dependent children, not being permanent residents; and
(b)	the classes of persons specified in the Second Schedule.

(2) The exemption conferred by this paragraph shall be subject to regulation 39 of the Immigration Regulations (Rg 1).

Exemption from section 6(2) of Act

4. The following classes of persons are exempt from section 6(2) of the Act:

(a)	the classes of persons specified in the First Schedule, and their spouses and dependent children;
(b)	the classes of persons specified in the Third Schedule; and
(c)	permanent residents.

Burden of proof

5. The burden of proof that any person is a person to whom this Order applies shall lie upon that person.

Savings

6. Nothing in this Order shall be construed to exempt any person from examination under section 24, 25, 25A or 26 of the Act, as the case may be.

[G.N. Nos. S 648/2005; S 443/2008]

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