Comparison View

Formal Consolidation |  2000 RevEd
Powers of arrest and search in respect of seizable offences
47.—(1)  Any officer of the Postal Authority deputed by the Postal Authority to act under this section or any police officer may arrest without warrant —
(a)any person found committing or attempting to commit or employing or aiding any person to commit a seizable offence under this Act; or
(b)any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has been guilty of a seizable offence under this Act,
and may search any person so arrested, except that no female shall be searched except by a female.
(2)  Every person so arrested shall, together with any article as to which an offence may have been committed or attempted to be committed, be taken to a police station.
(3)  For the purposes of this section, offences punishable under sections 28, 31, 34(a), (b), (c) and (d) and 35 to 39 shall be deemed to be seizable offences within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68).
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 10 of 2021
Powers of arrest and search in respect of arrestable offences
47.—(1)  Any officer of the Postal Authority deputed by the Postal Authority to act under this section or any police officer may arrest without warrant —
(a)any person found committing or attempting to commit or employing or aiding any person to commit an arrestable offence under this Act; or
[Act 10 of 2021 wef 14/05/2021]
(b)any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has been guilty of an arrestable offence under this Act,
[Act 10 of 2021 wef 14/05/2021]
and may search any person so arrested, except that no female shall be searched except by a female.
(2)  Every person so arrested shall, together with any article as to which an offence may have been committed or attempted to be committed, be taken to a police station.
(3)  For the purposes of this section, offences punishable under sections 28, 31, 34(1) and (4), 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 39B, 39E, 39H(1), 39I(1) and 39J(1) are deemed to be arrestable offences within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code.
[Act 10 of 2021 wef 14/05/2021]
[Act 10 of 2021 wef 14/05/2021]