33. Refusal to give name and residence

When any person in the presence of a police officer commits or is accused of committing a non-seizable offence and refuses on the demand of a police officer to give his name and residence or gives a name or residence which the officer has reason to believe to be false, he may be arrested by that police officer in order that his name or residence may be ascertained, and he shall, within 24 hours from the arrest exclusive of the time necessary for the journey; be taken before the nearest Magistrate’s Court, unless before that time his true name and residence are ascertained in which case he shall be forthwith released on his executing a bond with or without sureties for his appearance before a Magistrate’s Court, if so required.

When any person is thus taken before a Magistrate’s Court, the Court may either require him to execute a bond with or without a surety for his appearance before a Magistrate’s Court if so required, or may order him to be detained in custody until he can be tried.

When any person in the presence of a police officer commits or is accused of committing a non-seizable offence, and on the demand of a police officer to give his name and residence gives as his residence a place not within Singapore, he may be arrested by the police officer and shall be taken forthwith before the nearest Magistrate, who may either require him to execute a bond with or without a surety for his appearance before a Magistrate’s Court if so required, or may order him to be detained in custody until he can be tried or shall be taken before a police officer not below the rank of inspector who may require him to execute a bond with or without a surety for his appearance before a Magistrate’s Court, if required. [32