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18 : the time when the Singapore travel document applied for is to be issued;


 * (b) a competent authority makes a request under section 24(1) to the Controller to refuse the Singapore travel document, and section 24(4) does not apply;
 * (c) the Controller believes on reasonable grounds that the person—
 * (i) is a person mentioned in section 23(1) or 24(5); or
 * (ii) has, in the 3 years before the application for the Singapore travel document is made, been convicted of an offence under this Act or the repealed Act, or of a seizable offence against any written law which is prescribed; or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 27 whereby it would be lawful for the Controller to refuse to issue the Singapore travel document to the person.

When Singapore passport, etc., may be cancelled

21.—(1) The Controller may, by notice in writing, cancel a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document that has been issued to any person.

(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Controller may, by notice in writing, cancel a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document that has been issued to any person if—
 * (a) the Singapore passport or Singapore travel document has been reported lost or stolen, or is so damaged or defaced as to render it, in the opinion of the Controller, unsuitable for use;
 * (b) the Singapore passport or Singapore travel document is still valid at the time when the person applies for, or is issued with, another Singapore passport or Singapore travel document;
 * (c) there is reasonable cause to believe that the particulars recorded in the Singapore passport or Singapore travel document are incorrect;
 * (d) the holder of the Singapore passport or Singapore travel document is convicted of—