s 5AA Matters relating to child prevented from leaving or being taken out of Singapore
5AA. —(1) Subsection (2) applies when — ( a ) a court order is issued restraining any parent of a child, or any other person, from taking the child out of Singapore; ( b ) the Controller is notified of the court order; and ( c ) pursuant to the court order, an immigration officer prevents the child from leaving or being taken out of Singapore. (2) An immigration officer may do any one or more of the following in relation to the child: ( a ) inform a specified person for the child; ( b ) keep the child in an authorised area until any of the following persons accompanies the child out of the authorised area (but without leaving Singapore): (i) the specified person who is informed under paragraph ( a ), or a person authorised by that specified person; (ii) a police officer; ( c ) if the child is kept in an authorised area under paragraph ( b ) — allow any person travelling with the child to remain with the child in the authorised area. (3) No liability shall lie personally against any immigration officer who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, does or omits to do anything — ( a ) in compliance or purported compliance with a court order mentioned in subsection (1); or ( b ) in the exercise or purported exercise of a power under subsection (2). (4) In this section, “specified person”, for a child, means — ( a ) the child’s parent; or ( b ) a person who is lawfully appointed by deed or will or by the order of a competent court to be the guardian of the child. [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/12/2024] —(1) Subsection (2) applies when — ( a ) a court order is issued restraining any parent of a child, or any other person, from taking the child out of Singapore; ( b ) the Controller is notified of the court order; and ( c ) pursuant to the court order, an immigration officer prevents the child from leaving or being taken out of Singapore. (2) An immigration officer may do any one or more of the following in relation to the child: ( a ) inform a specified person for the child; ( b ) keep the child in an authorised area until any of the following persons accompanies the child out of the authorised area (but without leaving Singapore): (i) the specified person who is informed under paragraph ( a ), or a person authorised by that specified person; (ii) a police officer; ( c ) if the child is kept in an authorised area under paragraph ( b ) — allow any person travelling with the child to remain with the child in the authorised area. (3) No liability shall lie personally against any immigration officer who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, does or omits to do anything — ( a ) in compliance or purported compliance with a court order mentioned in subsection (1); or ( b ) in the exercise or purported exercise of a power under subsection (2). (4) In this section, “specified person”, for a child, means — ( a ) the child’s parent; or ( b ) a person who is lawfully appointed by deed or will or by the order of a competent court to be the guardian of the child. [Act 31 of 2023 wef 31/12/2024]