Powers of civilian police assistants
65D.—(1)  The Commissioner must, in writing, issue to each civilian police assistant an authorisation specifying such power as is specified in subsection (3) that the civilian police assistant may exercise, and no other powers.
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(2)  The powers that a civilian police assistant may be authorised under this section to exercise may be exercised —
(a)only to the extent authorised by the Commissioner under this section and directed by a police officer; and
(b)only in any case where an individual is suspected of making such noise in any premises or in any public place as to cause annoyance or inconvenience to the occupier of any other premises in the vicinity or to any person lawfully in a public place.
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(3)  The powers that a civilian police assistant may be authorised under this section to exercise are all or any of the following:
(a)to ask the individual suspected of making such noise to state the individual’s name and residence;
(b)to advise the individual to abate the nuisance;
(c)to take statements from —
(i)the individual mentioned in paragraph (a);
(ii)any complainant against the individual mentioned in paragraph (a); or
(iii)any other individual who may assist in the investigation of the case described in subsection (2)(b);
(d)to require any individual or complainant mentioned in paragraph (c) to make and sign a declaration of the truth of the statement he or she makes;
(e)to give or deliver to any such individual alleged to have committed an offence an offer of composition made by a duly authorised police officer.
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(4)  The Commissioner’s authorisation under subsection (1) for a civilian police assistant may also do all or any of the following:
(a)limit the powers in subsection (3) that the civilian police assistant may exercise;
(b)limit when the civilian police assistant may exercise the civilian police assistant’s powers in subsection (3) or any of them;
(c)limit where in Singapore the civilian police assistant may exercise the civilian police assistant’s powers in subsection (3) or any of them;
(d)limit the circumstances in which the civilian police assistant may exercise the civilian police assistant’s powers in subsection (3) or any of them.
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(5)  A civilian police assistant who is authorised under subsection (1) to exercise any power under subsection (3) —
(a)must obey all lawful directions (general or specific) of the Commissioner and a police officer when exercising that power; and
(b)is deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871 when exercising such power.
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(6)  Without affecting subsection (5), where any law or written law protects a police officer from liability for the police officer’s acts or omissions, that law or written law is taken to operate as if those acts or omissions included the civilian police assistant’s acts or omissions when acting in the course of his or her duty as a civilian police assistant in accordance with —
(a)the written authorisation of the Commissioner under subsection (1); and
(b)the lawful directions (general or specific) of the Commissioner and a police officer.
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(7)  To avoid doubt —
(a)a civilian police assistant does not cease to be acting on the direction of a police officer by reason only that the police officer is not present at all times; and
(b)a civilian police assistant is not to be regarded as a member of the Police Force for the purposes of section 14 of the Government Proceedings Act 1956.
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(8)  In this section, “abate”, for noise, includes prevent, reduce, eliminate and control the noise.
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(9)  Nothing in section 65C or this section derogates from the powers of the Director‑General of Public Health under Part 5 of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987, or section 15 of the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906.
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