Singapore legislation
Section 18
Section 18
Power to impose cordon
(1)
A police officer may, pursuant to a special authorisation, place a cordon around the target area of the special authorisation or any part of it, for the purpose of exercising a special power specified in the special authorisation.
(2)
The area around which a cordon is placed (called in this Act a cordoned area) must, so far as is reasonably practicable, be indicated by means of any form of physical barrier as appears to the police officer responsible for carrying out the arrangements for applying the cordon to be appropriate.
(3)
An individual who is in a cordoned area must immediately leave the area if ordered to do so by a police officer.
(4)
An individual who is on any premises which adjoin or are wholly or partly within a cordoned area must immediately leave the premises if ordered to do so by a police officer.
(5)
The driver, or the other individual or other person in charge of a vehicle or vessel which is in a cordoned area must immediately move the vehicle or vessel away from the area if ordered to do so by a police officer.
(6)
An individual, or the driver or other person in charge of a vehicle or vessel, outside a cordoned area must not enter the cordoned area, and must immediately move the vehicle or vessel away from the vicinity of the cordoned area, if ordered to do so by a police officer.
(7)
An order under this section may be given orally, and if an oral direction is given by a police officer to a group of individuals, it is deemed to have been given to each member of the group if the oral direction is made in a manner that is likely to be audible to all the members of the group or as many of them as reasonably practicable.
(8)
A police officer may use such force as is reasonably necessary, including the use of lethal weapons —
to prevent an individual, or a driver or other person in charge of a vehicle or vessel, from entering or attempting to enter a cordoned area contrary to an order given under this section; or (b)to remove an individual or a vehicle or vessel from or away from a cordoned area, as the case may be.
(9)
An individual, or a driver or other person in charge of a vehicle or vessel, commits an offence if he or she, without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to comply with an order of a police officer under this section when required to do so.
(10)
An individual, or a driver or person, who is guilty of an offence under subsection (9) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.