Singapore legislation
Section 6
Section 6
Authorisation of security officers
(1)
The Commissioner of Police may, subject to the conditions or restrictions that the Commissioner of Police thinks fit, authorise a security officer to be deployed to guard protected areas and protected places.
(2)
The Commissioner of Police may authorise a security officer under subsection (1) on the application of —
the security agency that supplies or intends to supply the services of the security officer to the authority of a protected area or protected place; or
the authority of a protected area or protected place that intends to deploy the security officer at that protected area or protected place.
(3)
The application must be made in such form and manner, and be accompanied or supported by such information and documents, as the Commissioner of Police may require.
(4)
The authorisation of a security officer under subsection (1) lapses on the earlier of the following:
the date on which the Commissioner of Police revokes the authorisation;
the date on which the security officer ceases to be a security officer.
(5)
The authorisation of a security officer under subsection (1), and any revocation of that authorisation under subsection (4)(a), must be in writing, and the written instrument must be given to the security officer.
(6)
In this section, “Commissioner of Police” includes a police officer of the rank of assistant superintendent or above who is authorised by the Commissioner of Police to act for the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this section.