PART 3
ENTERING AND REMAINING IN RESTRICTED PLACES
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.
[S 69/2022 wef 01/02/2022]
Entrant must show proof of cleared status, etc., when asked
10.—(1)  Subject to regulation 13, an occupier of a restricted place or any contractor or employee of the occupier authorised for the purposes of this regulation may, before or during a restricted period of the restricted place, and only for the purpose of ensuring compliance with these Regulations, ask an entrant to the restricted place —
(a)to state the entrant’s name and his or her reason for being in, or about to enter, the restricted place during that restricted period;
(b)to state whether or not the entrant has a cleared status to enter or remain in the restricted place during that restricted period or is an uncleared junior; and
[S 590/2021 wef 10/08/2021]
(c)to provide evidence of the entrant’s cleared status for entering or remaining in the restricted place during that restricted period if the entrant is other than an uncleared junior.
[S 590/2021 wef 10/08/2021]
(2)  An entrant to a restricted place must not, when asked by the occupier of the restricted premises or any contractor or employee of the occupier authorised under paragraph (1), intentionally refuse —
(a)to state information asked for where that is within the knowledge of that entrant; or
(b)to provide evidence of the entrant’s cleared status for entering or remaining in the restricted place, where that is in the custody or under the control of the entrant.
(3)  An individual to whom a digital cleared status certificate is granted who holds, or produces or carries a mobile communication device or other electronic device on which the certificate is displayed for the purpose of complying with a request under paragraph (1)(c) is taken to have provided evidence of the entrant’s cleared status.
(4)  However, a digital cleared status certificate is not displayed for the purpose of complying with a request under paragraph (1)(c) by an occupier of a restricted place or any contractor or employee of the occupier (called the gatekeeper) to provide evidence of the entrant’s cleared status if —
(a)the screen of the mobile communication device or other electronic device on which it is purportedly displayed is unable to be read by the gatekeeper to whom it is displayed due to cracking, dimming, dirt or any other fault, damage or obstruction;
(b)the entrant fails or refuses to comply with a reasonable request by the gatekeeper to whom it is purported to be displayed to facilitate the reading, copying or scanning of the whole or any part of the digital cleared status certificate; or
(c)the holder of the digital cleared status certificate refuses to comply with a reasonable direction to refresh the display of the digital cleared status certificate.
(5)  To avoid doubt, an individual who displays or purports to display a digital cleared status certificate is not required to give or hand over, to a gatekeeper who is requiring the digital cleared status certificate to be produced, the mobile communication device or other electronic device on which the digital cleared status certificate is displayed or purported to be displayed.
(6)  An individual who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (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.
Signage requirement for restricted place
11.—(1)  An occupier of a restricted place must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that the signage requirement is complied with during the restricted period in relation to that restricted place.
(1A)  The signage requirement in relation to a restricted place that is a room or place within a place of residence used for a solemnization of a marriage means a requirement to give notice (orally, in writing or by electronic message) at least one hour before the start of the solemnization of the marriage, to every individual who is invited as a guest to the solemnization of the marriage or who is otherwise foreseeably likely to be present in the place of residence during the restricted period of the restricted place, that —
(a)the room or place will be a restricted place and the restricted period of the restricted place;
(b)entry and remaining within the room or place during the restricted period is allowed only to individuals with a cleared status or to uncleared juniors from the same household; and
(c)entering or remaining within the room or place during the restricted period when without a cleared status is an offence if the individual is not a child who is below 13 years of age.
[S 69/2022 wef 01/02/2022]
(2)  The signage requirement in relation to a place, building or premises that is any other restricted place means the requirement —
(a)to display prominently at each point of entry to and exit from the restricted place (including an emergency exit) during the restricted period of the restricted place, a sign that includes a statement specifying that —
(i)the place, building or premises (as the case may be) is a restricted place and the restricted period of the restricted place;
(ii)entry and remaining within the restricted place during the restricted period is allowed only to individuals with a cleared status or to uncleared juniors from the same household; and
[S 590/2021 wef 10/08/2021]
(iii)entering or remaining within the restricted place during the restricted period when without a cleared status is an offence if the entrant is not a child who is below 13 years of age; and
[S 590/2021 wef 10/08/2021]
(b)to clearly delineate the boundaries of the restricted place by means of markings, fencing, stanchion with barrier rope or tape, signs, walls, windows, partition, screens or other barriers, for the duration of the restricted period of the restricted place.
[S 69/2022 wef 01/02/2022]
(3)  An occupier of a restricted place who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
Occupier’s rights unaffected
12.—(1)  To avoid doubt, this Part does not limit any other right of an occupier of a restricted place to disallow at any time an entrant entering or remaining in the restricted place, whether or not the entrant refused —
(a)to state information asked for under regulation 10(1); or
(b)to provide evidence of the entrant’s cleared status for entering or remaining in the restricted place when asked under regulation 10(1).
(2)  In addition, this Part does not entitle an entrant to a restricted place to enter or remain in the restricted place without the consent of the occupier of the restricted place.
Cleared status requirement disapplied in certain cases
13.—(1)  Regulation 9(1) and (2) does not apply to or in relation to any of the following entrants:
(a)an entrant to a restricted place who is an uncleared junior;
(b)an entrant to a bar or a retail food and drinks establishment who —
(i)is a customer or visitor; and
(ii)collects food or drink from the bar or retail food and drinks establishment for consumption elsewhere not within the bar or retail food and drinks establishment;
[S 69/2022 wef 01/02/2022]
(c)an entrant to a restricted place that is boarding premises if the boarding premises comprise the entrant’s ordinary place of residence in Singapore.
[S 69/2022 wef 01/02/2022]
(2)  Without affecting paragraph (1), regulations 9 and 10 do not apply to or in relation to an entrant to a restricted place during a restricted period of the restricted place if the entrant enters or remains in the restricted place —
(a)solely for any of the following purposes:
(i)to comply with an order or a direction given by or on behalf of a public officer or a public body in exercise of a power under any written law;
(ii)to preserve or protect the entrant or another individual’s life, health, or safety in an emergency; or
(b)in special circumstances connected with a particular live performance, sporting event or business event, where the risk to public health from disapplying regulations 9 and 10 to the entrant or entrants concerned is assessed by the Director as not of a substantial nature.
[S 991/2021 wef 01/01/2022]