Singapore legislation
Clause 39
Clause 39
Powers of enforcement
(1)
In addition to the powers conferred on him by any written law specified in the Fifth Schedule, an officer or employee of the Authority may, on declaration of his office and production to the person against whom he is acting such identification card as the Chief Executive may direct to be carried by officers or employees of the Authority, in relation to any offence under any such written law —
exercise all the powers of a police officer under sections 81, 92, 93 and 127 of the Road Traffic Act [Cap. 276] and all the powers of a duly authorised police officer under section 94 of that Act, and any reference in those sections to a police officer or duly authorised police officer shall include a reference to such officer or employee of the Authority;
require any person whom he reasonably believes to have committed an offence under any such written law to furnish evidence of the person’s identity;
if he is generally or specially authorised in writing by the Chief Executive, arrest without warrant any person found committing or whom he has reason to believe has committed an offence under any such written law, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a);
for the purposes of any such written law, require any person to furnish any information or produce any book, document or copy thereof in the possession of that person, and may, without fee or reward, inspect, copy or make extracts from such book or document;
when conducting any investigation under such written law the power to require, by order in writing, the attendance before the officer or employee of any person being within the limits of Singapore who from the information given or otherwise appears to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case, and the person so ordered shall attend as so required; and
have the power to detain or seize any document found in the course of a search under this subsection.
(2)
Where any person is arrested by an officer or employee of the Authority under subsection (1), the officer or employee of the Authority shall comply with sections 35 and 36 of the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap, 68] as if he were a police officer.
(3)
A person who —
refuses to give access to, or assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays, an officer or employee of the Authority in the discharge of his duties;
wilfully mis-states or without lawful excuse refuses to give any information or without lawful excuse refuses to produce any book, document or copy thereof required of him by an officer or employee of the Authority under subsection (1); or
fails to comply with a lawful demand of an officer or employee of the Authority in the discharge of his duties,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.