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30 (3) The authorised officer may also, using such force as is reasonably necessary, remove from that protected area or that protected place any vehicle or vessel owned or operated by, or any personal property of, that person.

Special provision for arrest

23.—(1) This section applies to the arrest under section 22(2)(b) of a person who—
 * (a) attempts to enter or is in a protected area or a protected place; and
 * (b) does not stop despite being directed to do so at least 3 times by any authorised officer of that protected area or that protected place.

(2) The force applied by an authorised officer of that protected area or that protected place to arrest that person may, if necessary to effect that person’s arrest, extend to the voluntary causing of that person’s death.

Arrest by authorised officers who are not police officers

24. Where an authorised officer (not being a police officer) makes an arrest under section 22(2)(b)—
 * (a) the authorised officer must, without unnecessary delay, hand over the arrested person to a police officer; and
 * (b) section 66(3), (4) and (5) of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) applies to the arrested person as if the arrested person were handed over to the police officer under section 66(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Measures for protection of protected area or protected place

25.—(1) The Minister may authorise the authority of a protected area or a protected place to implement such measures (including defensive measures that involve or may involve danger to the life of a person entering or attempting to enter that protected area or that protected place) as the Minister considers necessary for the protection of that protected area or that protected place.