Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) Regulations 2007

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No. S 656

Immigration Act

(Chapter 133)

Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) Regulations 2007

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 55 (1) read with section 5A of the Immigration Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Special Entry and Clearance Arrangements) Regulations 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2007.

Waiver of passport, etc., production for certain citizens

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 5A(2)(a) of the Act, the requirements of a Singapore passport or Singapore travel document under section 5A(1)(a) of the Act may be waived by an immigration officer in respect of any citizen of Singapore arriving in or leaving Singapore (by air, sea or land) in any of the following circumstances:

(a)

the citizen’s Singapore passport has been lost, stolen or destroyed while outside Singapore;

(b)

an emergency has affected the availability of the information necessary to ascertain whether or not that he is already the holder of a Singapore passport;

(c)

as a member of the Singapore Armed Forces travelling on duty;

(d)

on a direct journey from West Malaysia (other than a person whose presence in West Malaysia is unlawful under the provisions of any written law for the time being in force in West Malaysia relating to passports or immigration) as a member of —

(i)	the Singapore Police Force;
(ii)	the Singapore Immigration & Checkpoints Authority;
(iii)	the Singapore Customs Service; or
(iv)	the Central Narcotics Bureau,

travelling on duty and in possession of a certificate of appointment or an identifying warrant card;

(e)

arriving in Singapore at or leaving Singapore from —

(i)	the International Passenger Ferry Terminal and Regional Ferry Terminal at the Singapore Cruise Centre of the Harbourfront Centre, 1 Maritime Square, Telok Blangah Road;
(ii)	the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, 50 Tanah Merah Ferry Road;
(iii)	the Singapore Changi Airport (including the Budget Terminal), Airport Boulevard;
(iv)	the Woodlands Checkpoint, 21 Woodlands Crossing; or
(v)	the Tuas Checkpoint, 501 Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim,

where an automated identification processing system is available for the immigration clearance of a person who is registered for the system and the citizen can obtain the immigration clearance by providing a personal identifier of his as evidence of his identity using the system.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in paragraph (1)(e) shall be taken as exempting any citizen of Singapore referred to therein from having in his possession a valid Singapore passport or Singapore travel document when leaving Singapore (by air, sea or land) to a place outside Singapore, or when arriving in Singapore (by air, sea or land) from a place outside Singapore.

Waiver of passport, etc., production for certain non-citizens

3.—(1) The requirements of a passport or travel document under section 5A (1) ( b) (i) of the Act shall not apply to the following non-citizens arriving in Singapore (by air, sea or land) from a place outside Singapore, or leaving Singapore (by air, sea or land) to a place outside Singapore:

(a)

a member of the Singapore Armed Forces travelling on duty;

(b)

a non-citizen on a direct journey from West Malaysia (other than a person whose presence in West Malaysia is unlawful under the provisions of any written law for the time being in force in West Malaysia relating to passports or immigration, or whose entry into Singapore has been prohibited by order made under the Act) as a member of —

(i)	the Singapore Police Force or the Royal Malaysian Police;
(ii)	the West Malaysian Immigration Service;
(iii)	the Singapore Customs Service or the West Malaysian Royal Customs Service; or
(iv)	the Central Narcotics Bureau,

travelling on duty and in possession of a certificate of appointment or an identifying warrant card;

(c)

a member of such visiting force as the Minister may determine;

(d)

a child or person who —

(i)	is included in the passport or other travel document of a parent of the child, or of a spouse or other relative of the person;
(ii)	is accompanying that parent, spouse or relative (as the case may be) when travelling to and leaving from Singapore; and
(iii)	may be taken under the Immigration Regulations (Rg 1) to be included in any Singapore visa (if any) granted to a parent of the child, or the spouse or relative of that person;

(e)

a non-citizen arriving in Singapore at or leaving Singapore from —

(i)	the International Passenger Ferry Terminal and Regional Ferry Terminal at the Singapore Cruise Centre of the Harbourfront Centre, 1 Maritime Square, Telok Blangah Road;
(ii)	the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, 50 Tanah Merah Ferry Road;
(iii)	the Singapore Changi Airport (including the Budget Terminal), Airport Boulevard;
(iv)	the Woodlands Checkpoint, 21 Woodlands Crossing; or
(v)	the Tuas Checkpoint, 501 Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim,

where an automated identification processing system is available for the immigration clearance of a person who is registered for the system and the non-citizen can obtain the immigration clearance by providing a personal identifier of his as evidence of his identity using the system;

(f)

any guest of the Government.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in paragraph (1)(e) shall be taken as exempting any non-citizen referred to therein from having in his possession a valid passport or travel document when leaving Singapore (by air, sea or land) to a place outside Singapore, or when arriving in Singapore (by air, sea or land) from a place outside Singapore.

Waiver of production of Singapore visa for certain non-citizens

4. The requirement to present evidence of a Singapore visa under section 5A (1)(b)(ii) of the Act shall not apply to any non-citizen arriving in Singapore (by air, sea or land) from a place outside Singapore who —

(a)	is exempt from section 9B(1) of the Act under the Immigration (Exemption from Singapore Visa) Order 2007 (G.N. No. S 658/2007); or
(b)	holds a valid passport from a territory that is approved by the Minister under section 9B(2) of the Act.

Made this 29th day of November 2007.

TAN YONG SOON

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/037; AG/LEG/SL/133/2002/1 Vol. 4]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 55(2) of the Immigration Act).

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