8.—(1) The following classes of passes may be issued under these Regulations for the purpose of entitling a person to enter and remain temporarily within Singapore:
(a)
a dependant’s pass;
(b)
a visit pass;
(c)
a transit pass;
(d)
a student’s pass;
(e)
a special pass; and
(f)
a landing pass.
(1A) Without prejudice to any other requirement imposed by these Regulations, every application for a pass referred to in paragraph (1) must be accompanied by such documents and information as the Controller may require in any particular case.
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(2) Subject to these Regulations, the issue of any pass shall be at the discretion of the Controller.
(2A) Where any person was, 10 days before entering Singapore, in any country affected by any disease listed in the First or Second Schedule to the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137), the Controller may, if he considers it necessary, as a condition for the grant of any pass to the person under these Regulations, require the person to undergo quarantine and medical surveillance in such manner and place and in accordance with such other requirements as the Controller may determine.
(2B) The Controller may, if he considers it necessary, as a condition for the grant of any pass to any person under these Regulations, require the person or the person’s sponsor or both to satisfy such requirements as the Controller may determine, including the completion of any course.
[S 755/2014 wef 18/11/2014]
(3) Any pass may be issued in such form and manner as the Controller may determine and shall be subject to such special conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act, as the Controller may think fit to impose.
(4) Every pass issued to any person under these Regulations (whether issued before, on or after 14th April 2003) shall be subject to the condition that during the validity of the pass the holder shall, if so required by the Controller, undergo quarantine and medical surveillance in such manner and place and in accordance with such other requirements as the Controller may determine if the holder was, 10 days before his entering Singapore under that pass, in any country affected by any disease listed in the First or Second Schedule to the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137).
(5) Subject to paragraph (6), every dependant’s pass, visit pass or student’s pass issued by the Controller under these Regulations shall be subject to, and the holder of the pass shall comply with, the following conditions:
(a)
the holder of the pass shall, if so requested by the Controller or any police officer, produce for inspection the pass within such time and at such place as may be specified by the Controller or the police officer;
(b)
the holder of the pass shall notify the Controller, in such form and manner as the Controller may determine, any change in his place of residence within 14 days after the change;
(c)
if the pass is lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, the holder of the pass shall report, in such form and manner as the Controller may determine, the loss, theft, damage or destruction to the Controller within 7 days after becoming aware of that fact or occurrence;
(d)
the holder who reports the loss or theft of his pass to the Controller under sub-paragraph (c) shall, if he recovers possession of his stolen or lost pass —
(i)
notify the Controller; and
(ii)
if a replacement pass has been issued to the holder under regulation 9, surrender the pass so recovered to the Controller,
within 7 days after the recovery of possession;
(e)
subject to sub-paragraph (f), the holder of the pass shall surrender the pass to the Controller immediately after its cancellation or expiry;
(f)
the holder of the pass shall surrender the pass to the Controller before leaving Singapore if, at that time of his leaving Singapore, he does not intend to return to Singapore on or before the expiry of the pass.
(6) Paragraph (5) shall not apply in respect of a pass which is issued in the form of an endorsement on the passport or other travel document of the person to whom the pass is issued.
(7) The holder of a dependant’s pass or visit pass shall be deemed to have complied with paragraph (5)(b) if his sponsor notifies the Controller, in such form and manner as the Controller may determine, of the change in the holder’s place of residence within 14 days after the change.
(8) The holder of a student’s pass shall be deemed to have complied with paragraph (5)(b) if —
(a)
his sponsor; or
(b)
the recognised university or educational institution referred to in regulation 14(1) in respect of which the student’s pass has been issued to him under that regulation and in which he is a student,
notifies the Controller, in such form and manner as the Controller may determine, of the change in the holder’s place of residence within 14 days after the change.