Singapore legislation
Section 40
of Miscellaneous Offences(Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906
Section 40
Power of arrest
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, any police officer may arrest without warrant any person offending in the police officer’s view against any of the provisions of this Act, and take the person before a Magistrate’s Court to be dealt with according to law.
(2)
Any animal, conveyance or article concerning by or for which an offence has been committed may be seized and taken to a pound or police station unless given up sooner by order of a Magistrate’s Court, until the charge is decided in due course of law.