Singapore legislation
Section 81
Section 81
Detention and search of persons in place searched
(1)
Where a search for anything is lawfully made in any place in respect of any offence, every person found there may be lawfully detained until the search is completed.
(2)
If the thing sought in a place can be concealed on a person, each person found in the place may be searched for it by or in the presence of a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant.