Singapore legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Powers of search, etc.
(1)
An authorised officer may —
without warrant enter and search any place or premises and stop, board and search any conveyance in or on which he reasonably suspects that there is to be found any scheduled species in contravention of this Act or any rules made thereunder;
search any person found in such place, premises or conveyance; and
seize, remove and detain at the risk of the owner any scheduled species and all other items referred to in subsection (4)(b), (c) and (d) found in such place, premises or conveyance.
(2)
For the purpose of exercising his power under this Act or any rules made thereunder, an authorised officer may, with such assistance as he thinks necessary, break open any door, window, lock, fastener, compartment, box, container or any other thing.
(3)
An authorised officer may arrest without warrant any person who has committed or whom he reasonably suspects to have committed an offence under this Act or any rules made thereunder.
(4)
An authorised officer making an arrest under this section may seize, remove and detain at the risk of the owner —
any scheduled species liable to seizure;
any receptacle in which the scheduled species which is seized is contained, together with any handling or other device used for or in connection with such scheduled species;
any food or drink accompanying an animal which is seized and, in the case of any food or drink so seized which is perishable, the Director-General may cause the same to be sold or otherwise disposed of forthwith; or
any thing which appears to him to be or to contain evidence that an offence under section 4 or 5 has been committed.
(5)
For the purposes of this section, any animal, animal part or plant is liable to seizure if an authorised officer has reason to suspect that it is a scheduled species —
which is being or has been imported or which is being or is to be exported or which is being or has been introduced from the sea in contravention of section 4(1);
which is possessed by or under the control of or being sold or offered or exposed for sale or being displayed by any person in contravention of section 4(2); or
which is being sold or offered or exposed for sale or being displayed by any person in contravention of section 5(1). [9