Employment of auxiliary police officers as escorts and guards
25.—(1) For the purpose of assisting him in the discharge of his duties under this Act, the Director of Prisons may employ such numbers of auxiliary police officers as he considers fit as escorts or guards to ensure the safe custody of the inmates who are under his custody while the inmates are transported to, or from, any approved centre and while the inmates are at any place outside an approved centre.
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(2) An inmate who is delivered into the custody of an auxiliary police officer under this section shall be deemed to be in legal custody within the meaning of section 23.
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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, have the same powers as a prison officer under section 24.
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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.