Preservation of the Peace Act |
(CHAPTER 240) |
(Original Enactment: Ordinance 6 of 1872)
REVISED EDITION 1985 |
(30th March 1987) |
An Act to make provision for the preservation of the peace. |
[11th October 1872] |
Short title |
1. This Act may be cited as the Preservation of the Peace Act. |
Power of President to issue proclamation |
2. Whenever it appears to be necessary for the preservation of the peace of Singapore, the President may by proclamation to be published in such manner as seems fit declare that Singapore shall be subject to the following provisions of this Act, and every such proclamation shall remain in force until cancelled. |
Riotous assembly |
Carrying arms, etc. |
4.—(1) During the continuance of any proclamation under this Act no person, unless in the employment of the Government, or unless authorised by the Government, shall carry on his person, or have in his possession any arms or instruments capable of being used as offensive arms unless they are the tools of his trade, or unless he can show that they are intended to be used for some lawful purpose, of which the burden of proof shall be upon him, nor any ammunition for those arms or instruments.
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Power to enter houses and arrest |
5. During the continuance of any proclamation under this Act any Justice of the Peace may enter with or without assistance, or may order any police officer or other person to enter without a warrant and, with assistance and by force, if necessary, into any dwelling-house or other building, or into any place in which he has reason to suspect that persons lately riotously assembled or engaged on any unlawful purpose have made their escape, or in which he has reason to suspect that persons about to break the peace are assembled, and those persons may be apprehended and taken before a Magistrate’s Court to be dealt with according to law. |
Combination to stop trade |
6. Any person who during the continuance of any proclamation under this Act —
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Courts having jurisdiction |
7. Offences under this Act shall be triable by a Magistrate’s Court or District Court. |
Indemnity |
8. No action shall be brought against any person for anything done or bona fide intended to be done in the exercise or supposed exercise of the powers given by this Act. |
President may delegate powers |
9. The President may delegate the exercise of the several powers vested in him by this Act to the Minister. |
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