Public Order (33rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits) Notification 2018

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No. S 744

Public Order Act

(CHAPTER 257A)

Public Order
(33^rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits)
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 (33^rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits) 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 33^rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits taking place at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre between 13 November 2018 and 15 November 2018 (both dates inclusive) which the Minister has declared to be a special event for the purposes of Part III of the Act by the Public Order (33^rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits) Declaration 2018 (G.N. No. S 743/2018);

“special event area” means the area described in the Schedule to the Public Order (33^rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits) Declaration 2018 for the special event;

“special event period” means the period between 13 November 2018 and 15 November 2018 (both dates inclusive);

“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. It is a condition of entry into the special event area —

(a)	that a person in, or seeking to enter, 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 in, or seeking to enter, the special event area must, if asked by a police officer, permit a search to be made of the person;
(c)	that a person in, or seeking to enter, the special event area must not take into or possess in the special event area a prohibited item; and
(d)	that a person in, or seeking to enter, 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 —

(a)	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
(b)	any of the powers under section 29(2) of the Act at any place within, or along the boundaries of, the special event area.

(2) During the special event period, 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 at the end of 15 November 2018.

Made on 2 November 2018.

HOONG WEE TECK

Commissioner of Police,
Singapore.

[MHA112/2/0108; AG/LEGIS/SL/257A/2015/1 Vol. 4]

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