Singapore legislation
Section 31
Section 31
Powers of arrest, etc.
(1)
Any police officer or inspector may arrest without warrant any person committing in his or her view or who he or she has reasonable cause to believe has committed an offence under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act.
(2)
A person arrested under this section may be detained at any police station or at the office of the Controller to be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 and must not be detained longer than is necessary for bringing him or her before a Magistrate’s Court.
(3)
An offence under this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act is deemed to be an arrestable offence for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 and an inspector may exercise any of the special powers relating to investigation of arrestable offences conferred upon a police officer by that Code.