Internal Security Act

Internal Security Act 19602020 REVISED EDITIONThis revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021An Act to provide for the internal security of Singapore, preventive detention, the prevention of subversion, the suppression of organised violence against persons and property in specified areas of Singapore, and for matters incidental thereto.[16 September 1963] Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“advisory board” means an advisory board constituted as mentioned in Article 151(2) of the Constitution;“ammunition” means ammunition for any firearm as hereafter defined and includes grenades, bombs and other like missiles whether capable of use with such a firearm or not and any ammunition containing or designed or adapted to contain any noxious liquid, gas or other thing;“Commissioner of Police” includes the Deputy Commissioner of Police and any gazetted police officer for the time being lawfully authorised to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon the Commissioner of Police by this Act;“controlled area” means any area declared to be a controlled area under section 50;“danger area” means any area declared to be a danger area under section 49;“document” includes any substance on which is recorded any matter, whether by letters, figures, marks, pictorial or other representation, or by more than one of these means;“entertainment” means any game, sport, diversion, concert or amusement of any kind to which the public has or is intended to have access and in which members of the public may or may not take part, whether on payment or otherwise;“exhibition” includes every display of goods, books, pictures, films or articles to which the public has or is intended to have access, whether on payment or otherwise;“explosive” —