Singapore legislation
Clause 11
Clause 11
Repeal and re-enactment of section 21
Section 21 of the principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted therefor: —“Powers of search and seizure21.—
Whenever it appears to any Magistrate or to the Director upon information and after such inquiry as he thinks necessary that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any place there is any document containing any evidence of, or any article or property relating to, —
the commission of an offence under this Act, or under sections 161 to 165, or 213 to 215, of the Penal Code (Cap. 103); or
a conspiracy to commit, or any attempt to commit, or an abetment of any such offence,such Magistrate or the Director may, by warrant directed to any special investigator or police officer not below the rank of inspector empower such special investigator or police officer to enter such place by force if necessary and to search, seize and detain any such document, article or property.(2) Whenever it appears to any special investigator or any police officer not below the rank of inspector that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any place there is concealed or deposited any document containing any evidence of, or any article or property relating to, —
the commission of an offence under this Act, or under sections 161 to 165, or 213 to 215, of the Penal Code (Cap. 103); or
a conspiracy to commit, or an attempt to commit, or an abetment of any such offence,and such special investigator or police officer has reasonable grounds for believing that by reason of the delay in obtaining a search warrant the object of the search is likely to be frustrated, he may exercise in and in respect of such place all the powers mentioned in subsection (1) of this section in as full and ample a manner as if he were empowered to do so by warrant issued under the said subsection.”.