Singapore legislation

Clause 182

of Casino Control Bill

Clause 182

Powers of arrest

(1)

Any inspector or authorised person may arrest without warrant any person whom he reasonably believes has committed a seizable offence under this Act.

(2)

Any inspector or authorised person who is not a police officer may exercise all or any of the powers in relation to investigations into a seizable offence conferred on a police officer by the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) in any case relating to the commission of a seizable offence under this Act or in any case where a seizable offence is disclosed under any written law in the course of an investigation under this Act.

(3)

For the purposes of this section, offences punishable with imprisonment for 3 years or upwards and an offence under section 179 shall be deemed to be seizable offences within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code.