Section 50B

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.

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.

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.

Every auxiliary police officer employed under subsection (1) is deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code 1871.

In this section, “auxiliary police officer” means a member of an auxiliary police force established under any other written law.