Singapore legislation

Section 19

of Employment Agencies Act

Section 19

Power to arrest without warrant

Amended by5/20115/20115/20115/2011

(1)

Any police officer or employment agency inspector may arrest without warrant any person whom he reasonably believes to be carrying on an employment agency or performing any work or activity referred to in section 6(2) without a licence.

Amended by5/2011

(2)

An employment agency inspector making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to subsection (3), take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate’s Court.

Amended by5/2011

(3)

No employment agency inspector shall detain in custody a person arrested without warrant for longer than is reasonable in the circumstances, and such period shall not exceed 48 hours exclusive of the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the Magistrate’s Court.

Amended by5/2011

(4)

Any person who has been arrested by an employment agency inspector may be released on bail, or on his own bond.

Amended by5/2011