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Criminal Procedure Code/Section 40

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Section 40

of Criminal Procedure Code

Section 40

Power on escape to pursue and retake

If a person in lawful custody escapes or is rescued the person from whose custody he escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and arrest him in any place within Singapore and deal with that person as he might have done on the original taking.[39

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