No. S 323
Public Order Act
(CHAPTER 257A)
Public Order
(SEA Games 2015 Opening Ceremony)
Notification 2015
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 22 of the Public Order Act, the Commissioner of Police makes the following Notification:
Citation
1.  This Notification may be cited as the Public Order (SEA Games 2015 Opening Ceremony) Notification 2015.
Definitions
2.  In this Notification, unless the context otherwise requires —
“prohibited item” means a thing specified in the First Schedule;
“special event” means the opening ceremony of the 28th South East Asian Games taking place at the National Stadium in Singapore on 5 June 2015 which the Minister has declared to be a special event for the purposes of Part III of the Act by the Public Order (SEA Games 2015 Opening Ceremony) Declaration 2015 (G.N. No. S 322/2015);
“special event area” means the area so declared by the Public Order (SEA Games 2015 Opening Ceremony) Declaration 2015 for the special event;
“special event period” means the whole of 5 June 2015;
“special event venue” means any of the following facilities at the Kallang Basin that make up the Singapore Sports Hub:
(a)the National Stadium at 1 Stadium Drive, Singapore 397629;
(b)the Singapore Indoor Stadium at 2 Stadium Walk, Singapore 397691;
(c)the OCBC Arena at 5 Stadium Drive, Singapore 397631;
(d)the OCBC Aquatic Centre at 7 Stadium Drive, Singapore 397632;
(e)the Kallang Wave Mall at 1 Stadium Place, Singapore 397628;
(f)the Sports Hub Library at 4 Stadium Walk, Singapore 397697;
(g)the Singapore Sports Museum and Visitor Centre at 6 Stadium Walk, Singapore 397698;
(h)the Water Sports Centre at 8 Stadium Walk, Singapore 397699;
“special zone” means the area within the special event area that is described in the Second Schedule.
Conditions of entry to special event area
3.—(1)  It is a condition of entry into the special event area —
(a)that a person seeking to enter, or in, the 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, the 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, the 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, the 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.—(1)  During the special event period, a police officer or an approved person may exercise any of the powers under section 24, 27 or 28 of the Act —
(a)at any entrance to or exit from a special event venue; or
(b)at any place within the special zone.
(2)  During the special event period, a police officer may exercise any of the powers under section 25 or 26 of the Act at any place that —
(a)is within the special event area; or
(b)is along the boundaries of the special event area.
(3)  During the special event period, a police officer or an approved person may exercise any of the powers under section 29 of the Act at any place that —
(a)is within the special event area; or
(b)is along the boundaries of the special event area.
Expiry
5.  This Notification expires at the end of 5 June 2015.
Made on 27 May 2015.
HOONG WEE TECK
Commissioner of Police,
Singapore.
[MHA/112/2/0108; AG/LEGIS/SL/257A/2015/1 Vol. 1]