Singapore legislation
Clause 13
Clause 13
Amendment of section 17
Section 17 of the Ordinance is hereby amended —
by deleting subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(1) Notwithstanding anything in any other law contained, the Public Prosecutor, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence under this Ordinance has been committed, may, by order, authorise the Director or an Assistant Director or any police officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent named in such order or any senior special investigator so named to make an investigation in the matter in such manner or mode as may be specified in such order. Such order may authorise the investigation of any bank account, share account, purchase account, expense account or any other account, or any safe deposit box in any bank, and shall be sufficient authority for the disclosure or production by any person of all or any information or accounts or documents or articles as may be required by the officer so authorised.”; and
by deleting the words “to a police officer” appearing in the first and second lines of subsection (2) thereof and substituting therefor the words “or to produce such accounts or documents or articles to the person”.