31. Powers of search and arrest
Feedback & supportThe Controller or a police officer may without warrant and with or without assistance enter by force, if necessary, and search any place or premises or person found thereat if he has reason to believe that any evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder is likely to be found on such place or premises or person and may seize any evidence so found.
Controller
“Controller” means the Controller of Martial Arts appointed under section 3 and includes an Assistant Controller of Martial Arts appointed under that section;
No woman shall be searched under this section except by a woman.
The Controller or a police officer may arrest without warrant a person whom he reasonably believes has committed an offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder.
officer
“officer” means the president, secretary, treasurer or a partner of a martial art association and includes a member of a committee or sub-committee thereof concerned with the provision of instruction in any form of martial art by the association or by any officer, employee or member thereof, and also includes persons holding positions analogous to those of the president, secretary or treasurer of the associations;
Where a person is arrested by the Controller under subsection (3), the Controller shall comply with sections 35 and 36 of the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68] as if he were a police officer.