Clause 14

in Part 3, replace the Part heading with —“DUTIES, DISCIPLINE AND POWERSOF POLICE OFFICERS”;

in section 26A(1), after “Sections”, insert “26AA,”;

in section 26A(2), after “sections”, insert “26AA,”;

after section 26A, insert —“Manner of apprehension in attempted suicide cases26AA.—

In apprehending a person whom a police officer reasonably suspects is about to or has attempted to commit suicide —

the police officer must touch or confine the body of the person to be apprehended unless the person submits to the apprehension by word or action; and

if the person forcibly resists or tries to evade apprehension, the police officer may use all reasonable means necessary to apprehend the person.(2) The person apprehended must not be restrained more than is necessary to prevent his or her escape.(3) If an apprehended person in lawful custody escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he or she escaped or was rescued, or any police officer, may immediately pursue and apprehend him or her for the purpose of returning him or her to the place where he or she was in lawful custody.(4) Section 26B applies to any apprehension under subsection (3) even if the person making the apprehension is not a police officer having authority to apprehend.(5) Every person is bound to help a police officer authorised to make an apprehension who reasonably demands the person’s aid in apprehending a person whom the police officer is authorised to apprehend.”;

in section 26B, after subsection (2), insert —“(2A) Whenever it is necessary to cause a woman to be searched under subsection (1)(b), the search must be made by a police officer who is a woman and with strict regard to decency.”;

in section 26B, after subsection (5), insert —“(6) A police officer may break open a place to free himself or herself or any other person who, having lawfully gone inside to make a search under subsection (1)(a), is detained in it.”; and

after section 26E, insert —“Powers upon apprehension of person in non‑suicide cases26F.—

Subject to subsection (2), this section applies where a police officer apprehends any person under any written law prescribed in the Police Regulations.(2) This section does not apply where an apprehension is carried out in relation to a person whom the police officer reasonably suspects is about to or has attempted to commit suicide and to which sections 26A to 26D apply.(3) Division 3 of Part 6 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 applies to an apprehension mentioned in subsection (1) as it applies to an arrest, with any exception or modification that the Minister may prescribe in the Police Regulations.(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the Minister may prescribe different modifications with respect to different provisions of written law mentioned in subsection (1).”.