Criminal Procedure Code · 1985 Revised Edition · Part V · Information to Police and Their Powers to Investigate
116. Information in non-seizable cases
Feedback & supportWhen the information so received or recorded under section 115 relates to a non-seizable offence the case shall thereupon be investigated or the informant shall, by order of a police officer, be referred to a Magistrate.
non-seizable offence
“non-seizable offence” means an offence for which and “non-seizable case” means a case in which a police officer may not ordinarily arrest without warrant according to the third column of Schedule A;
No police officer shall in a non-seizable case exercise any of the special powers relating to police investigations given by sections 120, 121, 125 and 126 without the order of the Public Prosecutor or a Magistrate.
police officer
“police officer” means a person employed for police duties under any written law in force in Singapore relating to the raising or maintenance of a police force or invested under such written law with the powers of a police officer thereunder;
Any police officer receiving such order may exercise the same powers in respect of the investigation, except the power to arrest without warrant, as that police officer may exercise without an order in a seizable case.
Any informant referred to a Magistrate shall be supplied with a copy of any report filed or recorded under section 115 on which shall be endorsed the name of the police station at which the information was received. [115
Magistrate
“Magistrate” means a Magistrate appointed by the Chief Justice under the Subordinate Courts Act;