Section 39

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law in force in Singapore any police officer may, if he considers it necessary to do so for the maintenance and preservation of law and order or for the prevention or detection of crime, erect or place barriers in or across any public road or street or in any public place in such manner as he may think fit, and may take all reasonable steps to prevent any vehicle being driven or ridden past any such barrier.

Any driver or rider of any vehicle who fails to comply with the signal of a police officer requiring such person to stop the vehicle before reaching any such barrier shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both, and any police officer may, without warrant, arrest that driver or rider unless he gives his name and a place of address within Singapore:Provided that if such police officer has reason to believe that the name and address so given by the driver or rider is false he may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, exercise such power of arrest.

No police officer shall be liable for any loss or damage resulting to any vehicle or for any injury to the driver or rider or any other occupant of the vehicle as a result of the driver or rider of the vehicle failing to obey any police officer acting under subsection (1). [38