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Formal Consolidation |  2001 RevEd
Appointment of officers
4.  The Minister may by notification in the Gazette appoint an officer to be the Licensing Officer for the purpose of this Act and may similarly appoint such number of Assistant Licensing Officers as may be necessary.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 28 of 2017
Appointment of officers
4.—(1)  The Minister charged with the responsibility for public entertainments and the Minister charged with the responsibility for the licensing of arts entertainments may each, by notification in the Gazette, appoint a Licensing Officer for the purposes of this Act and may similarly appoint such number of Assistant Licensing Officers as may be necessary.
[Act 28 of 2017 wef 01/08/2017]
(2)  The appropriate Licensing Officer may, in relation to any provision of this Act, appoint an individual who is suitably trained as an authorised person for the purposes of that provision, subject to such conditions or limitations as set out in this Act or as the Licensing Officer may specify.
[Act 28 of 2017 wef 01/08/2017]
(3)  An authorised person who, in the course of duty as an authorised person, exercises any power as such, is deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code (Cap. 224) when exercising such power.
[Act 28 of 2017 wef 01/08/2017]