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PASSPORTS
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(i) obtains a gain (whether for himself or someone else);
(ii) causes a loss to the other person or someone else; or
(iii) 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 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 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—

(i) obtains a gain (whether for himself or someone else);
(ii) causes a loss to the other person or someone else; or
(iii) 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 possession or under his control,

a device, machine, paper, material or other thing—

(i) 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
(ii) with the intention that the person or someone else will use the device, machine, paper, material or other thing, to make a false