50A. Every lock-up prisoner who is confined in any lock‑up, or who is transported to, or from, any lock-up, is deemed to be in the legal custody of the Commissioner or any person authorised by the Commissioner.
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Employment of auxiliary police officers as escorts and guards
50B.—(1) For the purpose of assisting the Commissioner in the discharge of his or her duties under this Act, the Commissioner, or any person authorised by the Commissioner, may employ any number of auxiliary police officers that the Commissioner or the authorised person considers fit as escorts or guards to ensure the safe custody of the lock-up prisoners who are under the custody of the Commissioner or the person authorised by the Commissioner, as the case may be.
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(2) A lock-up prisoner who is delivered into the custody of an auxiliary police officer under this section is 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) has, in the course of carrying out his or her duties as an escort or a guard, the powers of a prison officer conferred under section 31.
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(4) Every auxiliary police officer employed under subsection (1) is deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code 1871.
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(5) In this section, “auxiliary police officer” means a member of an auxiliary police force established under any other written law.
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Delivery of persons remanded in lock-up
50C.—(1) Every person remanded in any lock-up by any court, Judge, Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, charged with any crime or offence, must be delivered to the Commissioner or any person authorised by the Commissioner to take custody of such persons, together with a warrant of commitment.
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(2) The Commissioner or any person authorised by the Commissioner to take custody of lock-up prisoners must detain a lock‑up prisoner according to the terms of the warrant, and must cause the lock‑up prisoner to be delivered to such court, Judge, Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, or must discharge that person at the time named in and according to the terms of the warrant.
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Extramural custody of lock-up prisoners
50D. A lock-up prisoner, when being taken to, or from, any lock‑up in which he or she may be lawfully confined, or whenever he or she is outside or is otherwise beyond the limits of any such lock‑up, and is in or under legal custody, is deemed to be in a lock‑up, and is subject to all the same incidents as if he or she were actually in a lock‑up.