(2) Any person having possession or control of any document that an authorised officer demands to be surrendered to the officer under subsection (1) 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 6 months or to both if the person fails to immediately comply with the demand of the authorised officer made under that subsection.
Search and seizure of cancelled Singapore passports, etc.
31.—(1) Any authorised officer, police officer or customs officer may seize a document if—
- (a) the document is not in the possession or control of any person; and
- (b) the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the document is a false Singapore passport, a false Singapore travel document or a false foreign travel document, or a document that has been used in the commission of an offence under this Act.
(2) If—
- (a) any authorised officer, police officer or customs officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a false Singapore passport, a false Singapore travel document or a false foreign travel document, or a document that has been used in the commission of an offence under this Act, is in a container (whether on board any train, vehicle, vessel or aircraft, or in any premises); and
- (b) the container is not in the possession or control of any person, the officer may search the container for the purposes of determining whether the document is inside the container.
(3) If any authorised officer, police officer or customs officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a false Singapore passport, a false Singapore travel document or a false foreign travel document, or a document that has been used in the commission of an offence under this Act, is in any premises, or in any train, vehicle, vessel or aircraft, the officer may, for the purposes of determining whether the document is inside the train, vehicle, vessel, aircraft or premises, as the case may be—
