Division 1 Duties of police officers
Division 2 Discipline of police officers
Division 3 Service offences
Division 1 Organisation and duties of Special Constabulary
Division 2 Discipline in Special Constabulary
Division 3 Special provision for volunteers
Division 4 Special provisions for national servicemen
Division 1 Creation and regulation of Auxiliary Police Forces
Division 2 Auxiliary police officers
Division 3 Mobilisation of Auxiliary Police Forces
Division 4 General provisions
| Division 1 — Duties of police officers |
| Oath of office |
| 19. Every police officer must, before entering on the duties of his or her office, take an oath of office and oath of allegiance prescribed by the Oaths and Declarations Act 2000 in such manner as may be prescribed in the Police Regulations. |
| Liability of police officers to serve |
| 20. All police officers are bound to serve in any part of Singapore or on board any vessel or aircraft in the service of the Government, or to proceed to and serve outside Singapore as provided in Part 5. |
| Police officers to obey lawful orders |
| Police officer to be armed |
| 22. Every police officer is provided with such arms, ammunition and other accoutrements as may be necessary for the effectual discharge of his or her duties. |
| Police officer to be deemed on duty |
| 23. Every police officer is, for the purposes of this Act, deemed to be always on duty when required to act as such and has to perform the duties and exercise the powers granted to him or her under this Act or any other written law at any time and every place where he or she may be doing duty. |
| Police officer not exempted from ordinary process of law |
24.—(1) Nothing in this Act is deemed to prevent the prosecution, conviction and punishment of any police officer according to the provisions of any other written law for the time being in force in Singapore.
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| Non-liability for act done under authority of warrant |
25.—(1) Where the defence to any suit instituted against a police officer is that the act complained of was done in obedience to a warrant purporting to be issued by any competent authority, the court is, upon production of the warrant containing the signature of such authority and upon proof that the act complained of was done in obedience to such warrant, to enter judgment in favour of such police officer.
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| Road barriers |
26.—(1) Despite any other law in force in Singapore, any police officer may, if the police officer considers it necessary to do so for the maintenance and preservation of law and order or for the prevention or detection of crime —
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| Application of sections 26B, 26C and 26D in attempted suicide cases |
26A.—(1) Sections 26B, 26C and 26D apply only where a police officer reasonably suspects that a person is about to or has attempted to commit suicide and where the powers under those sections are reasonably necessary for any of the following purposes:
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| Search by police officer for or of person in suicide or attempted suicide cases |
26B.—(1) A police officer may, without a search warrant —
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| Search by police officer for document or thing in suicide or attempted suicide cases |
26C.—(1) A police officer may, without a search warrant, search or cause a search to be made for a document or other thing in any place if —
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| Powers to seize property in suicide or attempted suicide cases |
| 26D.—(1) A police officer may seize, or prohibit the disposal of or dealing in, any property. [15/2019]
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| Forced entry in non-suicide cases |
26E.—(1) If a police officer —
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| Employment of police officers for private purposes |
27.—(1) Any person may apply to the Commissioner, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, to employ police officers for —
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