Section 25

For the purpose of assisting him or her in the discharge of his or her duties under this Act, the Commissioner of Prisons may employ such number of auxiliary police officers as he or she considers fit as escorts or guards to ensure the safe custody of the inmates who are under his or her custody.

An inmate who is delivered into the custody of an auxiliary police officer under this section is deemed to be in legal custody within the meaning of section 23.

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, have the same powers as a prison officer under section 24.

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.