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Criminal Procedure and Law

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Criminal Procedure and Law

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Running head: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND LAWCriminal Procedure and LawName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND LAWTable of ContentsThe process of Arrest.......................................................................................................................2The Arrestable Offences..................................................................................................................3Police arrest procedure in Singapore...............................................................................................4Arrest without a warrant..................................................................................................................4Arrest with a warrant.......................................................................................................................5Arrest by the civilian.......................................................................................................................5Reference.........................................................................................................................................7
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2CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND LAWPowers of ArrestThe Criminal law of Singapore is belongs to the common law system, which sets theprinciple of the criminal law system. It also explained the common elements and penalties forcommon criminal offenses. The common criminal offenses like thefts, homicides, and cheatingsare punishable under the Penal Code. When a person is found to commit such offense under thePenal Code, the government has taken the liability to found the issues, investigate and arrest theperson. An arrest is an act of depriving people of liberty for the prevention of crime and proceedsfor the investigation purpose (Sso.agc.gov.sg 2018). The police and other relevant officers have right to arrest a person with or without notice.When a person has enough reasonable ground for committing an offense or guilty, he or she maybe arrested by them. A citizen can arrest a person on the reasonable grounds of committing anyoffenses. According to the Penal Code of Singapore, it is conducted with the criminal offenses.There are other laws and statues like Arms Offences Act, Kidnapping Act, Vandalism Act andMisuse of Drugs Act, which are conducted with the Criminal offenses (Worrall 2014). The process of ArrestThe Criminal Procedure Code of Singapore has been defined the arrest, bail, and processto compel appearance in Part VI. A person can be arrested by the Police or by the enforcementagencies like Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), Commercial Affairs Department(CAD), Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA).The police force of Singapore has enough power where they can arrest someone without anynotice obtaining from the authority of the Court. The Singapore government has provided
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