Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Singapore Armed Forces (Arrests, Searches and Investigation of Offences) Regulations
Regulation 2
Reasons for arrest
Subregulation 1
A person shall not be placed or detained under arrest where the offence he has committed or is reasonably suspected of having committed is not of a serious nature.
Subregulation 2
A person shall be placed under close arrest, when —
the offence he is found committing or reasonably suspected of having committed and in respect of which he is arrested is punishable with death;
he is deliberately trying to undermine discipline by acts of misconduct;
he is likely to injure himself or others;
he is likely to suborn witnesses;
he has been apprehended (and has not surrendered himself) as being absent without leave or is habitually absent without leave;
having regard to the nature or prevalence of the offence with which he is charged or which is under investigation, it is undesirable in the interests of discipline that he should be at large or in a position to consort with his comrades;
it is suspected that he will not attend the investigation of the case or the trial; or
in any other case where the person making or authorising the arrest under Part VIII of the Act, as the case may be, deems it desirable that the person shall be placed under close arrest.