Section 42

Except as provided in this section, no person shall, in any public place, carry or have in his possession or under his control (whether or not in the performance of his functions as a private investigator, security officer or security service provider licensed under the Private Security Industry Act (Cap. 250A)) any truncheon, handcuffs, or such other weapon or equipment as may from time to time be specified by the Minister in a notification published in the Gazette.(2) Any private investigator, security officer or security service provider licensed under the Private Security Industry Act, or any other person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both.(3) Nothing in this section shall prohibit or prevent the carrying of any truncheon, handcuffs or such other weapon or equipment referred to in subsection (1) by a police officer, an auxiliary police officer, or a member of the Singapore Armed Forces or of any visiting force lawfully present in Singapore under any law relating to visiting forces.(4) A private investigator, security officer or security service provider who is licensed under the Private Security Industry Act may be authorised to carry or have in his possession in any public place any truncheon, handcuffs or such other weapon or equipment if, and only if —

the licensing officer under that Act is satisfied that it is necessary for the performance of his functions as a private investigator, security officer or security service provider, and it is appropriate for permission to be given for such carrying or possession;

the private investigator’s licence, the security officer’s licence or the security service provider’s licence, as the case may be, is endorsed (with or without conditions) by the licensing officer to permit such carrying or possession; and

the truncheon, handcuffs, weapon or equipment is of the type approved by that licensing officer.(5) In 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.”.