Section 18

Any person who in any public place carries or has in his possession or under his control any truncheon, handcuffs, or such other weapon or equipment as may be from time to time specified by the Minister in a notification in the Gazette, otherwise than with lawful authority 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 one month or to both.

A truncheon, handcuffs or such weapon or equipment as may be specified under subsection (1) shall be presumed to be carried with lawful authority if it is carried by a member of the Singapore Armed Forces or of the Singapore Police Force or of any visiting force lawfully present in Singapore under any law relating to visiting forces.

The licensing officer may, in each case by an order in writing and subject to such conditions as he may impose, exempt any person or class of persons from subsection (1).

Where any exemption given by the licensing officer pursuant to subsection (3) is subject to conditions imposed by the licensing officer, the exemption shall cease to be in force when any of the conditions is not complied with.

For the purposes of this section, “public place” includes any premises or place to which the public has or is permitted to have access, whether on the invitation of the owners or occupiers thereof or on payment or otherwise.