Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Evidence, Enforcement and Punishment
25. Powers of arrest
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Any officer of the Bureau, police officer, special police officer or officer of customs may arrest and search without a warrant any person who has committed or whom he or she reasonably suspects to have committed an offence under this Act or an arrestable offence under the regulations.
officer of the Bureau
“officer of the Bureau” means the Director or any person appointed under section 3 as a Deputy Director, a Divisional Director or an officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau;
Any person arrested under subsection (1), together with any drug, substance or article that the officer making the arrest reasonably suspects is a controlled drug, controlled substance, psychoactive substance or article liable to seizure, must be taken to the Central Narcotics Bureau, a police station or a customs station and may be searched.
controlled drug
“controlled drug” means any substance or product which is for the time being specified in Part 1, 2 or 3 of the First Schedule or anything that contains any such substance or product;
A woman must not be searched under this Act except by another woman.
An officer making an arrest under this section may seize and detain any drug, substance or article that the officer reasonably suspects is a controlled drug, controlled substance, psychoactive substance or article liable to seizure.
article liable to seizure
“article liable to seizure” means any money, thing, controlled equipment or controlled material by means of or in respect of which an offence under this Act has been committed or which contains evidence of an offence under this Act;