Singapore legislation

Clause 15

of Criminal Procedure Code Bill

Clause 15

Information about offences received by authorised persons

(1)

When information about an offence is given to any authorised person —

(a)

that person shall immediately record the information in a report and communicate that report to the officer in charge of a police station or any police officer whose duty includes dealing with reports relating to the commission of any offence; and

(b)

that officer must then proceed in accordance with section 16 or 17.

(2)

If requested, the officer referred to in subsection (1) must give a copy of the information recorded under this section to the informant upon payment of the prescribed fee.

(3)

In this section, “authorised person” means any person, not being a police officer, who is authorised by the Commissioner of Police to receive reports relating to the commission of any offence.