Clause 159

The Director, or any person being either a person employed in the Ministry of Labour and Law, or a police officer not below the rank of Inspector or an officer of the Immigration Department, Singapore, and being generally or specially authorized for that purpose in writing by the Director, may arrest or cause to be arrested any person reasonably believed to be liable to prosecution for an offence under section 128, 129, 130, 131, 132 or 133 of this Ordinance and may seize, and for that purpose use force if necessary, and detain any articles or any books, documents or accounts which he may have reason to believe to relate to an offence.

Where any person is arrested by the Director or by any of the persons mentioned in subsection (1) of this section the Director or any such person making the arrest shall comply with the provisions of sections 35 and 36 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 132) as if he were a police officer.

Any person who obstructs or hinders the Director or such person or officer as aforesaid in the arrest of any such suspected person or in the seizure or detention of such articles, books, documents or accounts shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or to both such imprisonment and fine.