Singapore legislation
Clause 26
Clause 26
Power to seize and detain things
(1)
A police officer may, in connection with a search under this Part pursuant to a special authorisation, seize and detain —
all or part of a thing that the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds to be, or to be part of, a dangerous article or an offensive weapon or a subversive document, whether or not it was used or may have been used in a serious incident to which the special authorisation applies; and (b)all or part of a thing (including a vehicle, vessel or aircraft) that the police officer suspects on reasonable grounds —
may be used, or was used or may have been used, in the serious incident or threatened serious incident to which the special authorisation applies; or
may provide evidence of the commission of an offence (whether or not related to the serious incident or threatened serious incident to which the special authorisation applies).
(2)
A power conferred by this section includes a power to remove a thing from the place where it is found, and a power to guard the thing in or at the place where it is found.
(3)
Sections 370, 371 and 372 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) relating to the handling of property seized by a police officer apply, with the necessary modifications, to any thing coming into the possession of a police officer under this section.