Casino Control Act 2006 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 12 · Enforcement Powers and Proceedings
183. Arrest on refusal to give name and residence
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An inspector or authorised person may arrest without warrant any person who is accused of committing, or who commits in the view or presence of the inspector or authorised person, a non‑arrestable offence if, on the demand of the inspector or authorised person, that person refuses to give his or her name, residential address, age and unique identification number.
An inspector or authorised person may arrest without warrant such a person who gives a residential address outside Singapore, or a name, residential address, age or unique identification number which the inspector or authorised person has reason to believe is false.
Any person arrested under this section must either —
be brought to a police station as soon as reasonably practicable and may, if required by a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant or an inspector or authorised person, be released upon signing a bond with or without surety to appear before a Magistrate; or
be released without being brought to a police station upon verification of his or her name, residential address, age and unique identification number.
If the person refuses or is unable to sign the bond as required, he or she must, within 24 hours of the arrest (excluding the time necessary for the journey to a Magistrate’s Court), be brought before a Magistrate’s Court.
The person who is brought before a Magistrate’s Court under subsection (4) may —
be ordered to be detained in custody until he or she can be tried; or
if so required by the Magistrate, be released upon signing a bond, with or without surety, to appear before a Magistrate’s Court.
In this section, “unique identification number” means —
a person’s identity card number, passport number or the number of any other similar document of identity issued by a government authority as evidence of the person’s nationality or place of residence, and includes a foreign identification number; or
where a person (who is a citizen of Singapore or a permanent resident of Singapore) is a minor who has not yet been issued with an identity card number, the person’s birth certificate number.