special event and the special event area for that event, the Commissioner may, with the
approval of the Minister, determine that any or all of the following conditions apply to
the special event area:
(a) that a person seeking to enter or in the special event area must, if asked by
a police officer or an approved person, permit an inspection to be made of
his personal property;
(b) that a person seeking to enter or in the special event area must, if asked by
a police officer, permit a search to be made of the person;
(c) that a person must not take into or possess in the special event area a
prohibited item;
(d) that a person seeking to enter or in the special event area must comply with
any lawful order of a police officer or an approved person regarding the
entrant’s entry into and remaining in that area.
[Act 23 of 2017 wef 01/10/2017]
(2) Once any such determination is made in respect of an enhanced security special
event and its special event area, the Commissioner shall, by notification published in the
Gazette, specify —
(a) the places, if any, at which a police officer or an approved person may
exercise specified powers under sections 24 to 29;
(b) if the determination includes the statutory condition of entry that a person
shall not take into or possess in the special event area a prohibited item, the
thing or animal a person is prohibited from bringing into the special event
area; and
(c) any other conditions that apply to entry to the special event area or any part
of it.
[Act 23 of 2017 wef 01/10/2017]
(3) Any notification under subsection (2) in respect of an enhanced security special
event and its special event area shall be made and published at least 7 days before the
proposed date of the enhanced security special event or, in the case where the enhanced
security special event is to take place during a proposed period, the beginning of that
proposed period.
[Act 23 of 2017 wef 01/10/2017]
(4) Once such a notification under subsection (2) is published, the Commissioner
shall, within 7 days thereafter and before the proposed date of the enhanced security
special event or, in the case where the enhanced security special event is to take place
during a proposed period, the beginning of that proposed period, cause to be published a
copy of the notification in such manner as will secure adequate publicity for it.
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