Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
of Singapore Armed Forces (Arrests, Searches and Investigation of Offences) Regulations
Regulation 3
Reconsideration of arrest and investigation
Subregulation 1
Subject to regulation 2, the person responsible for deciding whether a person should be kept under arrest and what the form of arrest should be, shall use his discretion from time to time, as circumstances may require, to change the form of arrest, to re-arrest or to release him without prejudice to re-arrest.
Subregulation 2
The allegations against a person who is under arrest shall be duly investigated into without unnecessary delay and as soon as possible proceedings shall be instituted against him or he shall be duly released.