Singapore legislation
Section 11A
Section 11A
Powers of search, etc.
(1)
For the purpose of ascertaining whether any offence under this Act has been or is being committed —
any authorised officer or police officer may, without warrant, enter any place in which any wildlife is kept, or is suspected to be kept, and search the place and any person in the place; and
any authorised officer, police officer or officer of customs may, without warrant, stop and enter any conveyance used, or suspected to be used, for carrying wildlife, and search the conveyance and any person in the conveyance.
(2)
The following persons must provide all necessary assistance and information required by an enforcement officer acting in respect of a place or conveyance under subsection (1):
the owner or occupier of the place;
the owner or person in charge of the conveyance;
any person found in the place or conveyance;
the owner of any wildlife found in the place or conveyance.
(3)
An enforcement officer acting in respect of a place or conveyance under subsection (1) may —
if the circumstances so warrant, remove anything obstructing the enforcement officer’s entry to the place or conveyance or break open any door, window, lock, fastener, hold, compartment, box, container or any other thing; (b)take any photograph or audio or video recording that the enforcement officer considers necessary of the place or conveyance (including any person and anything in the place or conveyance); and
examine any wildlife (whether alive or dead), or any part of a wildlife, found in the place or conveyance.
(4)
No compensation is payable to any person in respect of any damage to the person’s property caused or occasioned by any act authorised by subsection (3)(a) or (c).
(5)
A person in charge of a conveyance who, without reasonable excuse, does not stop the conveyance when required to do so by an enforcement officer under subsection (1)(b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.