(1)Any private person may arrest any person who, in his2021the private person’s2021 view or presence, commits an arrestable non-bailable2021non‑bailable2021 offence, or who has been proclaimed as an offender under section 88.
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Section 66 — Arrest by private person
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(2)The private person must, without unnecessary delay, hand over the arrested person to a police officer or take 2024him2021the arrested person2021·2024 to a police station2024.
(3)If there is reason to believe that the arrested person is a person referred to2021mentioned2021 in section 64(1), a police officer must re-arrest2021re‑arrest2021 him.2021him or her.2021
(4)If there is reason to believe that the arrested person has committed a non-arrestable offence and he or she 2021refuses to give his or her2021 name and residential address when required by a police officer, or gives a residential address outside Singapore, or a name or residential address that the police officer has reason to believe is false, he2021the arrested person2021 may be dealt with under section 65.
(5)If there is no reason to believe that the arrested person has committed any offence, he or she 2021must be released at once.
(6)A person who commits an offence against any other person (referred to2021(called2021 in this subsection as 2021the victim) or that2021the2021 other person’s2021victim’s2021 property may, if —
(a)his2021the person’s2021 name and residential address are unknown;
(b)he2021the person2021 gives a residential address outside Singapore; or
(c)he2021the person2021 gives a name or residential address which the victim or any person who is using the victim’s property in relation to which the offence is committed, or which the employee of either of those persons, or which any person authorised by or acting in aid of either of those persons, has reason to believe is false,
be apprehended by the victim, employee or such person referred to2021mentioned2021 in paragraph (c).
(7)The person apprehended under subsection (6) may be detained until he or she2021 can be delivered into the custody of a police officer, and subsections (3), (4) and (5) shall 2021thereafter apply.
(8)If any person being lawfully apprehended under subsection (6) assaults or forcibly resists the person by whom he or she 2021is so apprehended, he or she2021 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.