JOHOR BAHRU-SINGAPORE RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM LINK ACT 2026

This Act may be cited as the Johor Bahru-Singapore

Rapid Transit System Link Act 2026.

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

the Malaysia Border Control and Protection Agency;

the Royal Malaysia Police;

the Royal Malaysian Customs Department;

the National Anti-Drugs Agency;

the Enforcement and Control Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs; or

any other agencies, departments or authorities determined by the Minister;

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“intermediary entity” means an entity appointed by the Government of Malaysia for the purposes of the Agreements;

“public security incident” means an incident where there is a threat of harm or actual harm arising from an act that may result in mass casualties and that requires a response exceeding routine measures;

“cross-border incident” means a fire or rescue incident, hazardous material incident, medical emergency, or public security incident that occurs—

on the Rapid Transit System Link train in transit;

on the Rapid Transit System Link crossing between Pier 47

and Pier 48; or

on the Rapid Transit System Link tracks between Pier 47

and Pier 48;

“designated area” means the area as delineated in the map set out in the Agreements consisting of—

in relation to Bukit Chagar Station—

the co-located customs, immigration and quarantine facility of the Government of the Republic of Singapore;

route and handover room of a person in custody;

and

in relation to Woodlands North Station—

the co-located customs, immigration and quarantine facility of the Government of Malaysia;

route and handover room of a person in custody;

and

for the period during which the Agreements are in force;

to a Malaysian enforcement officer performing official duties in the designated area at Woodlands North Station;

to a Republic of Singapore enforcement officer performing official duties in the designated area at Bukit Chagar

Station; and

to a Malaysian cross-border incident management officer and a Republic of Singapore cross-border incident management officer performing incident management duties in respect of a cross-border incident.

This Act shall be read together with any other written laws of Malaysia relating to the performance of customs, immigration and quarantine clearance functions and security functions as specified in the Schedule and cross-border incident management, and the provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of such other written laws.

In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Act and those of any other written laws, the provisions of this Act shall prevail and the conflicting or inconsistent provisions of other written laws shall, to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency, be deemed to be superseded.

The Head of Department of the Malaysian enforcement agency may deploy such number of Malaysian enforcement officers of that enforcement agency as may be necessary at Woodlands

North Station for the purposes of the Malaysian enforcement officers performing official duties.

The deployment of a Malaysian enforcement officer at Woodlands North Station under subsection (1) shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Government of the Republic of Singapore which shall be given within thirty days from the date the Government of the Republic of Singapore receives the complete particulars of the Malaysian enforcement officer from the Government of Malaysia.

The Government of the Republic of Singapore may cause to be issued a relevant pass to every Malaysian enforcement officer whose deployment has been approved under subsection (2).

A Malaysian enforcement officer to whom the relevant pass has been issued under subsection (3) shall, upon the request by the Government of the Republic of Singapore authorities, produce his pass or other evidence of identity for verification while performing official duties at Woodlands North Station.

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A Malaysian enforcement officer may, while performing official duties at Woodlands North Station, wear the uniform or any visible distinctive insignia of his enforcement agency.

The Government of Malaysia shall recall any of the Malaysian enforcement officer deployed at Woodlands North Station if required by the Government of the Republic of Singapore.

The Government of Malaysia shall, not less than seven days before the date of the deployment of a Malaysian enforcement officer at Woodlands North Station comes to an end, notify the Government of the Republic of Singapore in writing.

Where a Malaysian enforcement officer is recalled under subsection (6) or his deployment comes to an end, the Government of Malaysia shall ensure that the relevant pass issued to such

Malaysian enforcement officer under subsection (3) is surrendered to the Government of the Republic of Singapore no later than the last day of the Malaysian enforcement officer’s deployment.

The deployment of a Republic of Singapore enforcement officer at Bukit Chagar Station for the performance of official duties shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Government of Malaysia which shall be given within thirty days from the date the Government of Malaysia receives the complete particulars of the Republic of Singapore enforcement officer from the Government of the Republic of Singapore.

The Government of Malaysia may cause to be issued a security pass to every Republic of Singapore enforcement officer whose deployment has been approved under subsection (1).

A Republic of Singapore enforcement officer to whom a security pass has been issued under subsection (2) shall, upon the request by the Government of Malaysia authorities, produce his security pass or other evidence of identity for verification while performing official duties at Bukit Chagar

Station.

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A Republic of Singapore enforcement officer may, while performing official duties at Bukit Chagar Station, wear the uniform or any visible distinctive insignia of his enforcement agency.

The Government of Malaysia may at any time, require the Government of the Republic of Singapore to recall any of the Republic of Singapore enforcement officer deployed at Bukit

Chagar Station without providing any reason and the Government of the Republic of Singapore shall recall such enforcement officer.

The Government of the Republic of Singapore shall, not less than seven days before the date the deployment of a Republic of Singapore enforcement officer at Bukit Chagar Station comes to an end, notify the Government of Malaysia in writing.

Where a Republic of Singapore enforcement officer is recalled under subsection (5) or his deployment comes to an end, the Government of the Republic of Singapore shall ensure that the security pass issued to such Republic of Singapore enforcement officer under subsection (2) is surrendered to the Government of Malaysia no later than the last day of the Republic of Singapore enforcement officer’s deployment.

Notwithstanding sections 7 and 8, the Government of Malaysia or the Government of the Republic of Singapore in exceptional circumstances, may, without obtaining prior written approval from each other, deploy a Malaysian enforcement officer or a Republic of Singapore enforcement officer to perform official duties at Bukit Chagar Station or Woodlands North Station for a period not exceeding three days provided that before the deployment—

Where the exceptional circumstances continue to exist beyond three days, the deploying Government may request from the other Government for an approval—

Pending the approval for an extension or continuation of deployment under subsection (2), the enforcement officer may continue to be deployed at Bukit Chagar Station or Woodlands

North Station, as the case may be.

A Malaysian enforcement officer or a Republic of Singapore enforcement officer deployed under this section may, while performing official duties at Bukit Chagar Station or Woodlands

North Station, as the case may be, wear the uniform or any visible distinctive insignia of his enforcement agency.

The Government of Malaysia or the Government of the Republic of Singapore may at any time, require the other

Government to recall any of its enforcement officers deployed under this section without providing any reason.

For the purposes of this section, “exceptional circumstances”

means—

The Government of Malaysia or the Government of the Republic of Singapore may, prior to the commencement of the Rapid Transit System Link service, deploy its enforcement officers at Woodlands North Station or Bukit Chagar Station, as the case may be, for the purposes of the enforcement officers carrying out any preparatory works related to the performance of their official duties.

Sections 7 and 8 shall apply for the purposes of the deployment of Malaysian enforcement officers and the Republic of Singapore enforcement officers under this section.

The Malaysian enforcement officers and the Republic of Singapore enforcement officers deployed under this section shall be deemed to have been deployed for the purpose of performing official duties and shall have the same powers conferred on and the same protection given to the enforcement officers performing official duties under this Act.

For the purpose of performing official duties in the designated area at Bukit Chagar Station, a Republic of Singapore enforcement officer shall have the powers—

For the purposes of this section—

For the purpose of performing official duties in the designated area at Woodlands North Station, a Malaysian enforcement officer shall have the same powers conferred on a Republic of Singapore enforcement officer under this section.

The Republic of Singapore enforcement officer exercising his powers under this section may—

in the case of a Malaysian enforcement officer in the designated area at Woodlands North Station, the written laws of Malaysia as specified in the Schedule; and

in the case of a Republic of Singapore enforcement officer in the designated area at Bukit Chagar Station, the relevant written laws of the Republic of Singapore necessary for the performance of the customs, immigration and quarantine clearance functions and security functions.

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of any cross-border incident; or

of any other incident involving the commission of an offence under any written law of Malaysia or the

Republic of Singapore on the Rapid Transit System Link crossing, on the Rapid Transit System Link tracks, or on a Rapid Transit System Link train in transit.

Cross-border incident or other incident occurring on Rapid

Where a cross-border incident or any other incident involving the commission of an offence under any written law of Malaysia or the Republic of Singapore occurs or has occurred on a Rapid Transit System Link train in transit—

Where a cross-border incident occurs or has occurred on a Rapid Transit System Link train travelling from the Republic of Singapore to Malaysia but comes to a stop before Pier 47

and is unable to complete its journey, the Government of the

Republic of Singapore shall be responsible for managing the cross-border incident.

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Where a cross-border incident occurs or has occurred on a Rapid Transit System Link train travelling from Malaysia to the Republic of Singapore but comes to a stop before Pier 48

and is unable to complete its journey, the Government of Malaysia shall be responsible for managing the cross-border incident.

Where a cross-border incident occurs or has occurred on a Rapid Transit System Link train in transit which comes to a stop straddling Pier 47 and Pier 48 and is unable to complete its journey—

For the purposes of subsection (4), regardless of whether the Government of Malaysia or the Government of the Republic of Singapore is responsible for the management of a cross-border incident which occurs or has occurred on a Rapid Transit System

Link train in transit—

Where a cross-border incident or any other incident involving the commission of an offence under any written law of Malaysia or the Republic of Singapore occurs or has occurred on the Rapid Transit System Link crossing between Pier 47 and

Pier 48 or on the Rapid Transit System Link tracks between

Pier 47 and Pier 48, the Government whose cross-border incident management officer first arrives at the scene of the cross-border incident shall be responsible for managing the cross-border incident.

For the purposes of this section, where a cross-border incident occurs or has occurred on the Rapid Transit System Link crossing between Pier 47 and Pier 48 or on the Rapid Transit

System Link tracks between Pier 47 and Pier 48, a cross-border incident management officer of any of the Governments who first arrives at the scene of a cross-border incident may commence emergency response operations.

Where it becomes necessary for a Malaysian cross-border incident management officer in responding to or managing a cross-border incident to cross Pier 47 or for the Republic of Singapore cross-border incident management officer to cross Pier 48, the respective cross-border incident management officer shall obtain the prior consent of the Government of the Republic of Singapore or the Government of Malaysia, as the case may be, before doing so.

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Notwithstanding subsection (1), prior consent of the

Government of Malaysia or the Government of the Republic of Singapore shall not be required if the cross-border incident referred to in subsection (1) involves fire or rescue operation or response to hazardous material or medical emergency, provided that the Government of Malaysia or the Government of the

Republic of Singapore, as the case may be, is informed before the cross-border incident management officer crosses Pier 47

or Pier 48.

Where a cross-border incident referred to in subsection (2)

has been subsequently determined to also involve a public security incident, the cross-border incident management officer who has already entered the territory of the other

Government to respond to or manage the cross-border incident, may remain in that territory until instructed otherwise by the

Government responsible for managing the cross-border incident.

A Republic of Singapore cross-border incident management officer shall, in the performance of incident management duties in respect of a cross-border incident in the territory of Malaysia—

A Republic of Singapore cross-border incident management officer may exercise the powers under subsection (1)—

For the purpose of performing incident management duties in the territory of the Republic of Singapore, the Malaysian cross-border incident management officer shall have the same powers conferred on a Republic of Singapore cross-border incident management officer under this section.

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The Government of Malaysia or the Government of the Republic of Singapore may exercise its criminal jurisdiction in relation to an act or omission constituting an offence under the written laws of Malaysia or the Republic of Singapore if the act or omission is committed in the following areas:

Where an act or omission constituting an offence under the written laws of Malaysia or the Republic of Singapore is committed in the area referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and the

Governments may exercise their criminal jurisdiction in relation to the offence, the Government in whose territory the train journey is completed shall have the primary right to exercise its criminal jurisdiction.

Where an act or omission constituting an offence under the written laws of Malaysia or the Republic of Singapore involves a cross-border incident and is committed in the areas referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) and the Governments may exercise their criminal jurisdiction in relation to the offence, the Government responsible for managing the cross-border incident which has arisen from the offence shall have the primary right to exercise its criminal jurisdiction in relation to the offence.

Where any of the Governments having the primary right to exercise its criminal jurisdiction referred to in subsections (2)

and (3) decides not to exercise such right, the Government making that decision shall inform its decision to the other Government without undue delay and the other Government may exercise its criminal jurisdiction in relation to the offence.

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Where the other Government decides not to exercise its criminal jurisdiction under subsection (4), the Government having the primary right to exercise its criminal jurisdiction shall be obliged to exercise its criminal jurisdiction in accordance with its written laws.

Criminal jurisdiction in respect of offence committed in designated area at Woodlands North Station

No action, suit, prosecution or other proceedings shall be brought, instituted or maintained in any court of competence jurisdiction in Malaysia or by any administrative means against the Republic of Singapore enforcement officer on account of or in respect of any act, neglect or default done or omitted by him in the course of performing his official duties in the designated area at Bukit Chagar Station.

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Nothing in subsection (1) shall prevent any action, suit, prosecution or other proceedings or other administrative means to be taken against such Republic of Singapore enforcement officer in the

Republic of Singapore in respect of any act, neglect or default done or omitted by him in the course of performing his official duties under this Act in the designated area at Bukit Chagar Station.

The protection conferred to the Republic of Singapore enforcement officer under subsection (1) shall continue to apply notwithstanding that the enforcement officer has ceased to be a Republic of Singapore enforcement officer.

The protection conferred to the Republic of Singapore enforcement officer under subsection (1) may be waived by the

Government of the Republic of Singapore, in writing by itself or upon the request by the Government of Malaysia.

The protection conferred under this section shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to a Republic of Singapore cross-border incident management officer in the performance of incident management duties in respect of a cross-border incident management, notwithstanding that such cross-border incident management officer is not present within the territory of Malaysia.

For the purpose of performing official duties in the designated area at Woodlands North Station and incident management duties in respect of a cross-border incident, a Malaysian enforcement officer and a Malaysian cross-border incident management officer shall enjoy the same protection conferred on a Republic of Singapore enforcement officer and a Republic of Singapore cross-border incident management officer under this section.

The Government of Malaysia shall ensure that all official documents, devices and equipment of the Government of the

Republic of Singapore are inviolable at all times in the following areas in the territory of Malaysia:

The Government of the Republic of Singapore shall ensure that all official documents, devices and equipment of the Government of Malaysia are inviolable at all times in the following areas in the territory of the Republic of Singapore:

Any information or data collected or generated by any

Republic of Singapore enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties in the designated area at Bukit Chagar

Station shall—

Any information or data collected or generated by any

Malaysian enforcement officer in the performance of his official duties in the designated area at Woodlands North Station shall—

Any information or data contained in the official documents, devices or equipment of the Government of Malaysia in the areas referred to in paragraphs 23(2)(a) to (e) at Woodlands North

Station shall be treated by the Governments as if the information and data is residing in the territory of Malaysia and shall be governed by the written laws of Malaysia and policies of the

Government of Malaysia.

Any information or data contained in the official documents, devices or equipment of the Government of the Republic of

Singapore located in the areas referred to in paragraphs 23(1)(a)

to (e) at Bukit Chagar Station shall be treated by the Governments as if the information and data is residing in the territory of the Republic of Singapore and shall be governed by the written laws of the Republic of Singapore and policies of the Government of the Republic of Singapore.

The protection under this section shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to—

The Government of Malaysia shall facilitate the issuance of any declaration, licence, permit or approval required under the written laws of Malaysia for the entry and exit of goods for the official use of the Republic of Singapore enforcement officer in the designated area at Bukit Chagar Station.

Upon an application from the Government of the Republic of Singapore, the Government of Malaysia shall exempt the goods for the official use of a Republic of Singapore enforcement officer in the designated area at Bukit Chagar Station from the payment of any customs duties, excise duties or other taxes under the written laws of Malaysia.

This section shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to goods for the official use of a Republic of Singapore cross-border incident management officer in the performance of his incident management duties in respect of a cross-border incident.

The Government of the Republic of Singapore shall make the same arrangements as provided for under this section to be applicable to goods for the official use of—