Singapore legislation
Clause 182
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.