Singapore legislation
Section 49
Section 49
Powers of arrest
(1)
An authorised officer or a public path warden in uniform may stop and arrest any individual —
who commits an offence under this Act in the presence or within the view of the authorised officer or public path warden; and
who, on the demand of the authorised officer or public path warden (as the case may be) refuses to give his or her name and residential address.
(2)
Such an individual must not be arrested under subsection (1) if he or she —
on the demand of the authorised officer or public path warden, produces any of his or her documents of identity so as to enable the authorised officer or public path warden to ascertain the individual’s name and residential address; or
gives the authorised officer or public path warden his or her name and residential address.
(3)
If the authorised officer or public path warden has reason to suspect that a name or address so ascertained or given is false, the authorised officer or public path warden (as the case may be) may, despite subsection (2), exercise the power of arrest under subsection (1).
(4)
Any individual arrested under this section must be brought to a police station as soon as reasonably practicable and must be taken before a Magistrate’s Court if the individual’s name and residential address are not ascertained at the end of 24 hours after the arrest.
(5)
An individual taken before a Magistrate’s Court under subsection (4) must be immediately released on his or her executing a bond (with or without sureties) for his or her appearance before a Magistrate’s Court, if so required.
(6)
An authorised officer or public path warden in uniform may —
detain any bicycle, power‑assisted bicycle, personal mobility device or other vehicle in respect of which an offence under this Act has been committed in his or her presence or within his or her view; or
stop any bicycle, power‑assisted bicycle, personal mobility device or other vehicle the driver or rider of which has committed or is suspected of having committed an offence under this Act.
(7)
Any individual mentioned in subsection (6)(b) must stop the bicycle, power‑assisted bicycle, personal mobility device or other vehicle he or she is driving or riding on being required by an authorised officer or public path warden in uniform under subsection (6), and if he or she fails to do so, he or she shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both; but(b)where he or she is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.