Employment of auxiliary police officers as escorts and guards
34.—(1) For the purpose of assisting him in the discharge of his duties under this Act, the Director may employ such numbers of auxiliary police officers as he considers fit as escorts or guards to ensure the safe custody of the prisoners who are under his custody while the prisoners are transported to, or from, any prison and while the prisoners are at any place outside a prison.
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(2) A prisoner who is delivered into the custody of an auxiliary police officer under this section shall be deemed to be in lawful custody.
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(3) Every auxiliary police officer who is employed as an escort or a guard under subsection (1) shall, in the course of carrying out his duties as an escort or a guard —
(a)
have the powers of a prison officer conferred under section 31;
(b)
be deemed to be a prison officer for the purpose of section 69; and
(c)
be deemed to be an officer for the purposes of sections 72 and 73.
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(4) Every auxiliary police officer employed under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).
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(5) For the purpose of this section, “auxiliary police officer” means a member of the Auxiliary Police Force established under section 12 of the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation Act (Cap. 47) or a member of an auxiliary police force established under any other written law.