Attempts, incitements, etc. 12. Any person who attempts to commit any offence under this Act, or solicits or incites or endeavours to persuade, or conspires with another person to commit an offence, or aids or abets or does any act preparatory to the commission of an offence under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to the same punishment, and to be proceeded against in the same manner, as if he had committed the offence. Power to arrest 13.—(1) Any person who is found committing an offence under this Act, or who is reasonably suspected of having committed, or having attempted to commit, or being about to commit, such an offence, may be arrested without a warrant. (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), any commissioned officer, warrant officer, petty officer, non-commissioned officer or leading rating of the armed forces and any police officer may, with or without a warrant or other process, apprehend or cause to be apprehended any person found in a prohibited place or on lands or premises in the occupation of the armed forces offending against this Act or suspected of so offending, and shall forthwith bring or cause to be brought the person so apprehended before a Magistrate’s Court for the purpose of being dealt with according to law. Restriction on prosecution 14.—(1) A prosecution for an offence under this Act shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Public Prosecutor: Provided that a person charged with such an offence may be arrested, or a warrant for his arrest may be issued and executed, and any such person may be remanded in custody or on bail, notwithstanding that the consent of the Public Prosecutor to the institution of a prosecution for the offence has not been obtained, but the case shall not be further prosecuted until that consent has been obtained. [15/2010] (2) When a person is brought before a court under this section before the Public Prosecutor has consented to the prosecution the charge shall be explained to him but he shall not be called upon to plead, and section 230 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) shall not apply. [15/2010] Search warrants 15.—(1) A Justice of the Peace if he is satisfied by information on oath or affirmation that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this Act has been or is Singapore Statutes Online Current version as at 25 Sep 2018 PDF created date on: 25 Sep 2018