Singapore legislation

Section 20

Powers of members of armed forces of Singapore

(1)

Any commander of any armed forces and any member of the armed forces under his command may when engaged on duty connected with the maintenance or restoration of public order, exercise any of the powers conferred upon a police officer by sections 4(1)(b), 5(1)(b) and (2), 6, 8(2) and (3), 10(1), 15(1), 17(1) and 18 in like manner as if references in those sections to a police officer were references to a member of the armed forces of equivalent rank.

(2)

The provisions of Chapter IV of the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68] shall apply to a member of the armed forces exercising powers under subsection (1) in like manner as they apply to a police officer.

(3)

For the purposes of this section —

(a)

“armed forces” means the Singapore Armed Forces;

(b)

“commander of any armed forces” means a commissioned officer for the time being in command of members of the armed forces in the proclaimed area;

(c)

a commissioned officer of any armed forces shall be deemed to be of equivalent rank to a police officer above the rank of sergeant and a sergeant or petty officer of any armed forces shall be deemed to be of equivalent rank to a police officer of the rank of sergeant.

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