Singapore legislation
Section 4A
Section 4A
Powers of entry, etc.
(1)
The Director‑General or an authorised officer may, for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is or has been any contravention of this Act, do all or any of the following in relation to a specified place or specified vehicle without a warrant:
subject to subsection (2), enter, inspect and search the specified place or specified vehicle;
inspect and make copies of, or take extracts from, any document or material kept at the specified place or in the specified vehicle;
take possession of anything found at the specified place or in the specified vehicle that is reasonably believed to be connected to any contravention of this Act;
require any person whom the Director‑General or authorised officer reasonably believes is in possession of any document or information relevant to any contravention of this Act to take reasonable steps to produce the document or provide the information;
require any person whom the Director‑General or authorised officer reasonably believes is acquainted with any facts or circumstances relevant to any contravention of this Act —
to answer any question to the best of the person’s knowledge, information and belief, immediately or at a place and time specified in writing; or
to take reasonable steps to provide information or produce a document, immediately or at a place and time specified in writing;
photograph or film, or make audio recordings or make sketches, of any part of the specified place or specified vehicle or anything at the specified place or in the specified vehicle or of any person whom the Director‑General or authorised officer reasonably believes is acquainted with any facts or circumstances relevant to any contravention of this Act.
(2)
The Director‑General or an authorised officer may exercise the power of entry under subsection (1)(a) —
in relation to a specified place that is common property of any residential premises or building which is not a publicly accessible place — only if the condition mentioned in subsection (3) is satisfied; and
in relation to any other specified place or any specified vehicle —
at all reasonable times; or (ii)at any time if the condition mentioned in subsection (3) is satisfied.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (2), the condition is that the Director‑General or authorised officer reasonably believes that —
an offence under this Act has been or is being committed in that specified place or specified vehicle; or (b)evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act can be found in that specified place or specified vehicle.
(4)
A statement made by a person examined under subsection (1)(e) must —
be reduced to writing;
be read over to the person;
if the person does not understand English, be interpreted in a language that the person understands; and
after correction (if necessary), be signed by the person.