The Criminal Law of Singapore

Running head: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE & LAW OF EVIDENCE
Criminal Procedure & Law of Evidence
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1CRIMINAL PROCEDURE & LAW OF EVIDENCE
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The powers of Arrest.......................................................................................................................2
The Arrestable offense.....................................................................................................................3
Police arrest procedure in Singapore...............................................................................................4
Arrest without a warrant..................................................................................................................5
Arrest with a Warrant......................................................................................................................5
Arrest by the civilian.......................................................................................................................5
Reference.........................................................................................................................................7

2CRIMINAL PROCEDURE & LAW OF EVIDENCE
Power of Arrest
The Criminal Law of Singapore is derived from the common law system, which is highly
regulated through the criminalization of many activities that are considered as fairly harmless in
other countries. The criminal law and legislation help in the prevention of different crimes like
homicide, cheatings and thefts or other relevant crimes. All of the crimes are punishable under
the Penal Code (Sso.agc.gov.sg 2018). The government of Singapore has taken the
responsibilities of the criminal issues and the offender. They have investigated the matters,
identified the issues and processed the whole situation. After the investigation process, the police
officer or relevant authorities have been arrested the offender (Owusu-Bempah 2016). An arrest
is defined a process by the criminal justice, which occurred when a person is taken into the
police custody and deprived of the liberty. The police have right to arrest a person for
investigating the criminal issues (Duijn, Kashirin and Sloot 2014).
A police officer, other public servant officer or a citizen with or without a warrant can
arrest a person. When a police officer, other public servant officer or a citizen have found that a
person has been committed an offense or guilty for such relevant grounds of any criminal
liability, then they can be arrested the person. The Penal Code of Singapore has been legislated
such powers that a warrant is not necessary to arrest a person. There are some other relevant acts,
which also set the similar laws and statues in Singapore. Those are Kidnapping Act, Arms
Offences Act, Vandalism Act and Misuse of Drugs Act (Sso.agc.gov.sg 2018).
The powers of Arrest
In Part VI of the Criminal Procedure Code of Singapore has stated about the process of
compelling appearance, arrest and bail (Sso.agc.gov.sg 2018). The police or relevant