We have thus amended the law to make clear that essential powers associated with arrests, such as those of search and seizure, are also available to the Police when making apprehensions under the MHCTA. Nevertheless, Police officers will carry out search and seizure of persons apprehended under the MHCTA with due care and respect. Those who are apprehended solely under the MHCTA would be brought to a medical practitioner and not to a Police lock-up. They would also not be prosecuted.
These amendments do not affect the constitutional rights of a person apprehended under the MHCTA.
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