12. The principal Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting immediately after Part VIII thereof the following new Parts: —“PART VIIIA Constitution of Guard and Escort Unit |
68A. There shall be constituted in Singapore a force to be known as the Guard and Escort Unit which shall consist of such members of gazetted officers, inspectors and subordinate officers as the Minister may from time to time decide. |
Appointments, promotions and dismissals |
68B. The gazetted officers and inspectors of the Guard and Escort Unit shall be appointed, promoted or dismissed by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, and the subordinate officers shall be appointed, promoted, reduced in rank or in grade or dismissed or discharged by the Commissioner. |
68C. The duties of the Guard and Escort Unit shall be —(a) | the guarding and escorting of persons and property, including persons in lawful custody; | (b) | apprehending any person who has been concerned in any seizable offence or against whom a reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received or a reasonable suspicion exists of his having been so concerned; | (c) | executing summonses, subpoenas, warrants, commitments and other process issued by courts and Justices of the Peace; | (d) | assisting in the protection of life and property at fires; | (e) | protecting public property from loss or injury; | (f) | attending the criminal courts and, if specially ordered the civil courts, and keeping order therein; | (g) | miscellaneous routine station duties including the driving and care of police transport; and | (h) | executing such other duties as may be assigned to it from time to time by the Commissioner. |
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PART VIIIB 68D.—(1) The Commissioner may, with the approval of the Minister, authorize the creation of an Auxiliary Police Force within the limits of any specified area owned by or under the jurisdiction or control of the Government or of any company, statutory body or other organisation, as the case may be, for the purpose of safeguarding life and property within such area.(2) The Commissioner may, in his discretion, confer the powers of a police officer upon one or more suitable persons who are employed by the Government or, after such consultation with the employer as he considers necessary, by any company, statutory body or other organisation, in work of a nature which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, renders the conferment of such powers necessary or desirable, and every such person shall be known as an auxiliary police officer and shall carry a warrant card issued by the Commissioner. |
(3) Every auxiliary police officer shall on appointment take an oath or affirmation in the form appropriate to his case, as set out in the Schedule to this Ordinance, to be taken before a gazetted officer of the Police Force. |
(4) The members of every Auxiliary Police Force shall be auxiliary police officers and shall be organised in ranks similar to those of the Police Force, and shall be subject to the authority of the Commissioner for the maintenance of law and order, the preservation of public peace and the prevention and detection of crime within the limits of the respective areas of each Auxiliary Police Force and to such extent outside the limits of such areas as the Commissioner may decide. |
(5) Every auxiliary police officer shall have the powers, protection and immunities of a police officer of corresponding rank within the area under the jurisdiction of the Auxiliary Police Force of which he is a member and to such extent outside the limits of such area as the Commissioner may decide:Provided that he shall also have such powers, protection and immunities outside such area when pursuing or in charge of any person who has committed, or is suspected of having committed, an offence within the limits of such area or within his view outside such area. |
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(6) The Commissioner may, after consultation with the company, statutory body or other organisation employing an Auxiliary Police Force, second one or more police officers for service with such Auxiliary Police Force, and the salaries and allowances of such police officers shall be paid by such company, statutory body or other organisation. |
(7) The pay, pensions and conditions of service of every auxiliary police officer and his day to day duties shall be matters entirely within the jurisdiction of the Government, if he is employed by the Government, or of the company, statutory body or other organisation employing him, and standard arms, ammunition and other accoutrements shall be provided at the expense of the Government or of such company, statutory body or organisation, as the case may be. |
(8) The provisions of section 21 of this Ordinance shall apply to auxiliary police officers who are members of an Auxiliary Police Force created within the limits of a specified area in the like manner as they apply to police officers:Provided that auxiliary police officers shall not be precluded from making representations of the nature mentioned in subsection (1) of section 21 of this Ordinance to the company, statutory body or other organisation employing them. |
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(9) Upon the dismissal of any auxiliary police officer by the Government or by any company, statutory body or other organisation employing him, as the case may be, the Commissioner shall cancel the warrant card of such auxiliary police officer, who shall thereupon cease to be an auxiliary police officer. |
(10) Upon the resignation of any auxiliary police officer from the service of the Government or of any company, statutory body or other organisation, as the case may be, such auxiliary police officer shall surrender his warrant card to the Commissioner, and shall thereupon cease to be an auxiliary police officer. |
(11) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (9) and (10) of this section, the Commissioner may, after prior notice to the employer of the Auxiliary Police Force concerned, in his discretion cancel at any time the warrant card issued to any auxiliary police officer, who shall thereupon cease to be an auxiliary police officer. |
(12) The Minister may make regulations to be called “the Auxiliary Police Regulations” to carry out the purposes of this section, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such regulations may provide for —(a) | schemes of training; | (b) | appointments and promotions; | (c) | discipline and punishment; | (d) | uniform and equipment; and | (e) | arms and ammunition to be carried. |
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(13) Any act done or omitted to be done by any auxiliary police officer employed by any company, statutory body or other organisation shall be deemed to be an act done or omitted to be done in the course of his employment with such company, statutory body or other organisation, as the case may be, and the Government shall not be liable for any act done or omitted to be done by any auxiliary police officer who is not employed by the Government.”. |
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