PASSPORTS
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PART III
REFUSING OR CANCELLING SINGAPORE PASSPORTS AND TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
Division 1—General
When Singapore passport may be refused
19.—(1) The Controller may, by notice in writing, refuse a Singapore passport to any citizen of Singapore.
(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Controller may, by notice in writing, refuse a Singapore passport to any citizen of Singapore if—
- (a) the citizen of Singapore is the holder of another Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document that is still valid at the time when the Singapore passport applied for is to be issued;
- (b) a competent authority makes a request under section 24(1) to the Controller to refuse the Singapore passport, and section 24(4) does not apply;
- (c) the Controller believes on reasonable grounds that the citizen—
- (i) is a person mentioned in section 23(1) or 24(5); or
- (ii) has, in the 10 years before the application for the Singapore passport is made, been convicted of an offence under this Act or the repealed Act, or of a seizable offence against any written law which is prescribed; or
- (d) the Controller is aware of a circumstance in section 25, 26 or 27 whereby it would be lawful for the Controller to refuse to issue the Singapore passport to the citizen.
When Singapore travel document may be refused
20.—(1) The Controller may refuse a Singapore travel document to any person.
(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Controller may, by notice in writing, refuse a Singapore travel document to any person if—
- (a) the person is the holder of another Singapore travel document of the same kind and that Singapore travel document is still valid at
