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Rh Bringing, taking or sending false Singapore passports, etc., across international borders

38.—(1) If—
 * (a) a person—
 * (i) brings a document into a country;
 * (ii) takes a document out of a country; or
 * (iii) sends a document to or from a country; and
 * (b) the person knows or ought reasonably to have known that—
 * (i) the document is a false Singapore passport or a false Singapore travel document; or
 * (ii) the document is a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document that is not issued to that person,

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) Subsection (1) shall not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.

Making or giving false or misleading statements or information

39.—(1) If—
 * (a) a person makes a statement (whether orally, in writing or any other way) or gives information to another person;
 * (b) the statement or information—
 * (i) is false or misleading; or
 * (ii) omits any matter or thing without which the statement or information, as the case may be, is misleading;
 * (c) the person knows that the statement or information is as described in paragraph (b); and
 * (d) the statement is made or the information is given in, or in connection with—
 * (i) an application for a Singapore passport or a Singapore travel document (whether for that person or for another);