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Rh No extension of Singapore temporary travel document

15. Singapore temporary travel documents shall not be extended. Division 3—Emergency and other travel documents Issue of Singapore document of identity, etc.

16.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in Part III, the Controller may issue a Singapore document of identity or other emergency travel document to any person where—
 * (a) the Controller has reasonable cause to believe that the person is a citizen of Singapore;
 * (b) the Controller has reasonable cause to believe that—
 * (i) the person's Singapore passport has been lost or stolen or destroyed or is temporarily unavailable; or
 * (ii) an emergency has affected the availability of the information necessary to ascertain whether or not that person is already the holder of a Singapore passport; and
 * (c) the person wishes to travel immediately, but, for reasons of passport security and integrity, the Controller considers that it is not desirable to issue that person with a Singapore passport.

(2) An application for any Singapore document of identity or other emergency travel document shall—
 * (a) be made to the Controller in the approved form;
 * (b) be accompanied by the applicant's prescribed particulars (which may include personal identifiers), and such other particulars, information and documents as may be specified by the Controller in any particular case; and
 * (c) be accompanied by the fee prescribed (if any).

Validity of Singapore document of identity, etc.

17. A Singapore document of identity or other emergency travel document in section 16 shall be valid for such a time as, in the opinion of the Controller, will be sufficient to enable the person—
 * (a) to leave and return to Singapore;