Singapore legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Magistrate or police officer may himself enter and search
A Magistrate or a police officer not below the rank of assistant superintendent may himself do what he may under sections 11 and 12 authorise a police officer to do whenever the Magistrate or police officer not below the rank of assistant superintendent is competent to issue a warrant or written authority under those sections respectively and also in any of the following cases:
if any person has, within the preceding 6 months, been convicted of having kept or used as a common betting house the place proposed to be entered;
if the place proposed to be entered is occupied by a club or society which has not been exempted under section 22 and he has reason to believe that betting or wagering on horse‑races, fights, games or sports is frequently carried on there;
if he has personal knowledge of such facts and circumstances as satisfy him that there are sufficient grounds for a search under section 11;
if he receives the required information orally under such circumstances that the object of the search would in his opinion be defeated by the delay necessary for reducing the information to writing to enable a search warrant or written authority to be issued under section 11(1).