Criminal Procedure Code · 1985 Revised Edition · Part V · Information to Police and Their Powers to Investigate
121. Examination of witnesses by police
Feedback & supportA police officer making a police investigation under this Chapter may examine orally any person supposed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case and shall reduce into writing any statement made by the person so examined.
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;
Such person shall be bound to state truly the facts and circumstances with which he is acquainted concerning the case except only that he may decline to make with regard to any fact or circumstance a statement which would have a tendency to expose him to a criminal charge or to a penalty or forfeiture.
A statement made by any person under this section shall be read over to him and shall, after correction if necessary, be signed by him.[120