(a)a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant, with the written consent of an authorised officer;
Section history
Section 112 — Surrender of travel document
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(1)Notwithstanding2021Despite2021 any other written law —
(b)the head or an authorised 2018director of any other law enforcement agency or a person of a similar rank; or
(c)any officer of a prescribed law enforcement agency, with the written consent of the head or an authorised 2018director of that law enforcement agency or a person of a similar rank,
may require a person whom he or she2021 has reasonable grounds for believing has committed any offence to surrender his2021the person’s2021 travel document.
(2)Any person who fails to surrender his or her2021 travel document as required under subsection (1) may be arrested and taken before a Magistrate.
(3)If the person arrested and taken before the Magistrate under subsection (2) is unable to show good reasons for not surrendering his or her 2021travel document, the Magistrate may commit him or her 2021to prison until he or she 2021surrenders his or her 2021travel document.
(4)For the purposes of subsection (3), a certificate signed by an authorised officer, or the head or an authorised 2018director of any law enforcement agency or a person of a similar rank, or the head or an authorised 2018director of any prescribed law enforcement agency or a person of a similar rank,2021rank2021 as2021(as2021 the case may be,2021be)2021 to the effect that the prisoner has complied with the requirements to surrender his or her 2021travel document is sufficient warrant for the Director2014Commissioner2014 of Prisons to release the prisoner.
(4A)Any person who has surrendered that person’s travel document under this section must not leave, or attempt to leave, Singapore unless —
(a)that person has applied under section 113 for the return of that travel document; and
(b)that travel document is returned to that person.
(4B)Any person who knowingly contravenes subsection (4A) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.
(5)In this section and section 113 —
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“prescribed law enforcement agency” means a law enforcement agency prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1)(c) by the Minister charged with the responsibility for that law enforcement agency.