Singapore legislation
Section 7
Section 7
Apprehension of mentally disordered person
(1)
It is the duty of every police officer or special police officer to apprehend any person believed to be dangerous to himself or herself or other persons and such danger is reasonably suspected to be attributable to a mental disorder and take the person together with a report of the facts of the case without delay to —
any medical practitioner for an examination and the medical practitioner may thereafter act in accordance with section 9; or
any designated medical practitioner at a psychiatric institution and the designated medical practitioner may thereafter act in accordance with section 10.
(2)
For the purposes of and without limiting subsection (1) —
a police officer’s or special police officer’s reasonable belief that a person is doing or about to do an act which is dangerous to himself or herself is sufficient basis for the police officer’s or special police officer’s reasonable suspicion that the danger to that person is attributable to a mental disorder; and
“special police officer” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Police Force Act 2004.