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Passports Act 2007 s 36

s 36 Falsifying Singapore passports, etc.

36. —(1) If a person — ( a ) makes a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document; or ( b ) makes a copy of a document which he or she knows, or ought reasonably to know, to be a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document, with the intention of dishonestly inducing another person to accept it as genuine, and by reason of the other person so accepting it as genuine, dishonestly — ( c ) obtains a gain (whether for himself or herself or someone else); ( d ) causes a loss to the other person or someone else; or ( e ) influences the exercise of a public duty, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both. (2) If a person — ( a ) uses a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document which he or she knows, or ought reasonably to have known, to be a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document; or ( b ) uses a copy of a document which he or she knows, or ought reasonably to have known, to be a copy of a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document, with the intention of dishonestly inducing another person to accept it as genuine, and by reason of the other person so accepting it as genuine, dishonestly — ( c ) obtains a gain (whether for himself or herself or someone else); ( d ) causes a loss to the other person or someone else; or ( e ) influences the exercise of a public duty, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both. (3) If a person — ( a ) makes or adapts; or ( b ) has in his or her possession or under his or her control, a device, machine, paper, material or other thing — ( c ) knowing that the device, machine, paper, material or other thing is or has been specially designed or adapted for the making of a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document; and ( d ) with the intention that the person or someone else will use the device, machine, paper, material or other thing, to make a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document, or a copy of a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both. (4) If a person — ( a ) makes or adapts; or ( b ) has in his or her possession or under his or her control, a device, machine, paper, material or other thing knowing that the device, machine, paper, material or other thing is or has been specially designed or adapted for the making of a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document, or a copy of a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both. (5) Subsections (3)( b ) and (4)( b ) do not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse. (6) In this section, any reference to a machine includes a reference to any disk, tape, drive or other device on or in which a program is recorded or stored by mechanical, electronic or other means, being a program designed or adapted to enable a document to be made or to assist in its making. —(1) If a person — ( a ) makes a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document; or ( b ) makes a copy of a document which he or she knows, or ought reasonably to know, to be a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document, with the intention of dishonestly inducing another person to accept it as genuine, and by reason of the other person so accepting it as genuine, dishonestly — ( c ) obtains a gain (whether for himself or herself or someone else); ( d ) causes a loss to the other person or someone else; or ( e ) influences the exercise of a public duty, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both. (2) If a person — ( a ) uses a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document which he or she knows, or ought reasonably to have known, to be a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document; or ( b ) uses a copy of a document which he or she knows, or ought reasonably to have known, to be a copy of a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document, with the intention of dishonestly inducing another person to accept it as genuine, and by reason of the other person so accepting it as genuine, dishonestly — ( c ) obtains a gain (whether for himself or herself or someone else); ( d ) causes a loss to the other person or someone else; or ( e ) influences the exercise of a public duty, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both. (3) If a person — ( a ) makes or adapts; or ( b ) has in his or her possession or under his or her control, a device, machine, paper, material or other thing — ( c ) knowing that the device, machine, paper, material or other thing is or has been specially designed or adapted for the making of a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document; and ( d ) with the intention that the person or someone else will use the device, machine, paper, material or other thing, to make a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document, or a copy of a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both. (4) If a person — ( a ) makes or adapts; or ( b ) has in his or her possession or under his or her control, a device, machine, paper, material or other thing knowing that the device, machine, paper, material or other thing is or has been specially designed or adapted for the making of a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document, or a copy of a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document, the person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both. (5) Subsections (3)( b ) and (4)( b ) do not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse. (6) In this section, any reference to a machine includes a reference to any disk, tape, drive or other device on or in which a program is recorded or stored by mechanical, electronic or other means, being a program designed or adapted to enable a document to be made or to assist in its making.

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