Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
of Singapore Armed Forces (Arrests, Searches and Investigation of Offences) Regulations
Regulation 6
Use of force
Subregulation 1
Force may be used for the purpose of arrest only when absolutely necessary and in no case shall it extend to the inflicting of more harm than it is necessary to inflict for the purpose of making the arrest.
Subregulation 2
The use of force shall not include the use of fire-arms except under the following circumstances:
where the offence is of a very serious nature; and
the person being arrested is behaving in such a violent manner that damage to life or limb may result or the use of fire-arms is the only possible way of making the arrest.
Subregulation 3
Before fire-arms are used, the person who makes an arrest, shall comply with the following procedure:
he shall warn the person being arrested that unless he ceases his violent behaviour fire-arms may be used;
he shall ascertain that the person being arrested understands the warning and still refuses to submit to arrest;
he shall fire a shot vertically into the air;
if the person being arrested still does not submit to arrest, he may fire at his knees but only so as to wound him; and
when an arrest is being made under the orders of a person superior in rank and in his presence, no fire-arms shall be used without his permission.