Singapore legislation
Section 76
of Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992
Section 76
Powers of arrest and investigations
(1)
An authorised officer or an officer of customs may arrest without warrant any person whom he or she reasonably believes has committed an offence under this Act or the regulations made under this Act.
(2)
An immigration officer within the meaning of section 59 may arrest without warrant any person whom he or she reasonably believes has committed an offence under section 60.
(3)
An authorised officer who is not a police officer may exercise all or any of the powers in relation to investigations into an arrestable offence conferred on a police officer by the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 in any case relating to the commission of an offence under this Act or the regulations made under this Act or in any case where an arrestable offence is disclosed under any written law in the course of an investigation under this Act.
(4)
An authorised officer who is not a police officer may be authorised by the Public Prosecutor in writing to exercise all or any of the powers in relation to investigations conferred on a police officer by the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 in any case where a non‑arrestable offence is disclosed under any written law in the course of investigations under this Act.
(5)
In this section, “arrestable offence” and “non‑arrestable offence” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.[55