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Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972
Part 8
s 176

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Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972

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1Preliminary

2Organisation of Singapore Armed Forces

3Military Offences

4Summary Trial by Disciplinary Officers and Composition of Military Offences

5Trial by Subordinate Military Courts

6Punishments of Military Offences and Execution of Sentences

7Military Court of Appeal

8Arrests, Searches and Investigations

162General authority
163Search of place where person sought to be arrested has entered
164Powers of officers and senior military experts
165Powers of servicemen
166Powers of military policemen
167Power of arrest of suspected deserters
168Proceedings before a civil court where persons suspected of illegal absence
169Issue of warrant of arrest
170Warrants to whom directed
171Provision for avoiding delay after arrest
172Search of persons arrested
173Power of search by persons of a superior rank
174Search warrant
175Searching of women
176Forms of warrants
177Investigating officers
178Restriction on powers of investigating officers
179General powers of investigating officers
180Witnesses
181Admissibility of statements
182Circumstances in which inferences may be drawn from accused’s failure to mention particular facts when informed that accused may be prosecuted for an offence

12AAid to Civilian Authorities

13Miscellaneous

Schedules

Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Arrests, Searches and Investigations

176. Forms of warrants

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Warrants of arrest and search warrants must be in such form as may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act.

arrest

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“arrest” includes open arrest;

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Boards of Inquiry

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Part 12

Emergency Powers

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Aid to Civilian Authorities

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Part 13

Miscellaneous

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Schedules

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Judgments that cite this Act

6 in all

Ong Beng Leong v Public Prosecutor[2005] SGHC 22
Tee Soon Kay v Attorney-General[2006] SGHC 151
Public Prosecutor v Chow Chian Yo w Joseph Brian[2016] SGHC 18

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