Individual entering or remaining in restricted place
9.—(1) Subject to regulation 13, an individual must not intentionally enter a restricted place during a restricted period of the restricted place if —
(a)
the individual does not have a cleared status when entering; and
(b)
the individual —
(i)
knows that he or she does not have a cleared status when entering the restricted place during that restricted period; or
(ii)
is reckless as to whether he or she has a cleared status when entering the restricted place during that restricted period.
(2) Subject to regulation 13, an individual must not intentionally remain in a restricted place at any time during a restricted period of the restricted place if —
(a)
the individual —
(i)
knows that he or she stops having a cleared status while within the restricted place during that restricted period; or
(ii)
is reckless as to whether he or she continues having a cleared status while within the restricted place during that restricted period; and
(b)
the individual stops having a cleared status while within the restricted place during that restricted period.
(2A) [Deleted by S 324/2021 wef 16/05/2021]
(2B) [Deleted by S 324/2021 wef 16/05/2021]
(3) An individual who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
[S 310/2021 wef 08/05/2021]
[S 324/2021 wef 16/05/2021]
(4) Without limiting the meaning of “reasonable excuse” in regulation 2(1), a reasonable excuse for contravening this regulation includes entering or remaining in a restricted place during a restricted period of the restricted place in any of the following circumstances:
(a)
the individual did not know or could not reasonably have known that the place is a restricted place;
(b)
the entry or remaining in the restricted place during the restricted period was to comply with a direction given to the individual by or on behalf of a public officer or a public body in exercise of a power under any written law.
(5) However, a reasonable excuse for contravening this regulation does not include being ordinarily resident in a place of residence in which a room or place is a restricted place used for a solemnization of a marriage.