No. S 199
Public Order Act
(CHAPTER 257A)
Public Order
(32nd ASEAN Summit)
Notification 2018
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(2) of the Public Order Act, the Commissioner of Police makes the following Notification:
Citation
1.  This Notification is the Public Order (32nd ASEAN Summit) Notification 2018.
Definitions
2.  In this Notification, unless the context otherwise requires —
“prohibited item” means a thing specified in the First Schedule;
“special event” means the 32nd ASEAN Summit taking place —
(a)at The Istana on 27 April 2018; and
(b)at Shangri‑La Hotel, Singapore on 28 April 2018,
which the Minister has declared to be a special event for the purposes of Part III of the Act by the Public Order (32nd ASEAN Summit) Declaration 2018 (G.N. No. S 198/2018);
“special event area” means —
(a)for the 32nd ASEAN Summit held at The Istana on 27 April 2018, the area described in the First Schedule to the Public Order (32nd ASEAN Summit) Declaration 2018 for the special event; and
(b)for the 32nd ASEAN Summit held at Shangri‑La Hotel, Singapore on 28 April 2018, the area described in the Second Schedule to the Public Order (32nd ASEAN Summit) Declaration 2018 for the special event;
“special event period” means —
(a)for the 32nd ASEAN Summit held at The Istana on 27 April 2018, the whole of 27 April 2018 only; and
(b)for the 32nd ASEAN Summit held at Shangri‑La Hotel, Singapore on 28 April 2018, the whole of 28 April 2018 only;
“special zone” means —
(a)for the 32nd ASEAN Summit held at The Istana on 27 April 2018, the area described in the Second Schedule; and
(b)for the 32nd ASEAN Summit held at Shangri‑La Hotel, Singapore on 28 April 2018, the area described in the Third Schedule.
Conditions of entry to special event area
3.  It is a condition of entry into a special event area —
(a)that a person seeking to enter, or in, a special event area must, if asked by a police officer or an approved person, permit an inspection to be made of the person’s personal property;
(b)that a person seeking to enter, or in, a special event area must, if asked by a police officer, permit a search to be made of the person;
(c)that a person seeking to enter, or in, a special event area must not take into or possess in the special event area a prohibited item; and
(d)that a person seeking to enter, or in, a special event area must comply with any lawful order of a police officer or an approved person regarding the entrant’s entry into and remaining in that special event area.
Where powers may be exercised
4.  During the special event period —
(a)a police officer or an approved person may exercise —
(i)any of the powers under section 24, 27 or 28 of the Act at any place within, or along the boundaries of, the special zone; and
(ii)any of the powers under section 29(2) of the Act at any place within, or along the boundaries of, the special event area; and
(b)a police officer may exercise any of the powers under section 25, 26 or 29(3) of the Act at any place within, or along the boundaries of, the special event area.
Expiry
5.  This Notification expires on 29 April 2018.
Made on 5 April 2018.
HOONG WEE TECK
Commissioner of Police,
Singapore.
[MHA112/2/0108; AG/LEGIS/SL/257A/2015/1 Vol. 3]