§ 61 — Passenger, etc., searches on railway

61.—(1) Without affecting section 60, for the purposes of ensuring the security of persons on any cross‑border railway in Singapore (whether or not passengers), a railway official may, without giving any reason, ask any individual in —(a)

a train station of a cross-border railway; or

(b)

a cross‑border train at a train station mentioned in paragraph (a),

to allow the railway official to inspect and search any baggage or other thing carried by the individual or apparently in the immediate control of the individual; and that individual must permit that baggage or thing to be inspected and searched.

(2) Without prejudice to subsection (3), a railway official may require any individual who refuses to permit any baggage or other thing carried by the individual or apparently in the immediate control of the individual to be inspected and searched to leave the train station or train, with that baggage or thing, and that individual must do so within a reasonable time.

(3) Any individual who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

(4) In this section, “railway official” means any of the following individuals who is authorised by the cross‑border railway security agency in writing to exercise the power to search under this section at or in relation to any train station specified in that written authorisation:(a)

any officer of the LTA;

(b)

a police officer or an auxiliary police officer in uniform;

(c)

any employee of a licensee;

(d)

any security officer (within the meaning of the Private Security Industry Act 2007) engaged by a licensee.

—(1) Without affecting section 60, for the purposes of ensuring the security of persons on any cross‑border railway in Singapore (whether or not passengers), a railway official may, without giving any reason, ask any individual in —(a)

a train station of a cross-border railway; or

(b)

a cross‑border train at a train station mentioned in paragraph (a),

to allow the railway official to inspect and search any baggage or other thing carried by the individual or apparently in the immediate control of the individual; and that individual must permit that baggage or thing to be inspected and searched.

(2) Without prejudice to subsection (3), a railway official may require any individual who refuses to permit any baggage or other thing carried by the individual or apparently in the immediate control of the individual to be inspected and searched to leave the train station or train, with that baggage or thing, and that individual must do so within a reasonable time.

(3) Any individual who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

(4) In this section, “railway official” means any of the following individuals who is authorised by the cross‑border railway security agency in writing to exercise the power to search under this section at or in relation to any train station specified in that written authorisation:(a)

any officer of the LTA;

(b)

a police officer or an auxiliary police officer in uniform;

(c)

any employee of a licensee;

(d)

any security officer (within the meaning of the Private Security Industry Act 2007) engaged by a licensee.