51. Powers of arrest and investigations

An authorised officer or a customs officer may arrest without warrant any person whom he reasonably believes has committed an offence under this Act or the regulations made thereunder.

An authorised officer who is not a police officer may exercise all or any of the powers in relation to investigations into a seizable offence conferred on a police officer by the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68] in any case relating to the commission of an offence under this Act or the regulations made thereunder or in any case where a seizable offence is disclosed under any written law in the course of an investigation under this Act.

An authorised officer who is not a police officer may be authorised by the Public Prosecutor in writing to exercise all or any of the powers in relation to investigations conferred on a police officer by the Criminal Procedure Code in any case where a non-seizable offence is disclosed under any written law in the course of investigations under this Act.

In this section,“seizable offence” and “non-seizable offence” have the same meanings as in section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Code.