Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Repeal and re-enactment of section 16
Section 16 of the Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Powers of investigation
16. In any case relating to the commission —
of an offence under section 165 or under sections 213 to 215 of the Penal Code (Cap. 119), or of any conspiracy to commit, or of any attempt to commit, or of any abetment of such offence; or
of an offence under this Ordinance; or
of any seizable offence under any written law which may be disclosed in the course of an investigation under this Ordinance,the Director, an Assistant Director, a senior special investigator or a special investigator may, without the order of the Public Prosecutor, exercise all or any of the special powers in relation to police investigations into a seizable offence given by the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 132):Provided that an investigation into an offence under the Penal Code shall be deemed to be a police investigation to which the provisions of section 121 of the Criminal Procedure Code shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent as if the Director, the Assistant Director, the senior special investigator or the special investigator concerned were a police officer.”.