Singapore legislation
Section 21
Section 21
Deemed public officers
(1)
Every individual mentioned in section 20, and every member of a committee which is formed by a Group 1C public body to carry out any of its functions, is taken to be a public officer for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act 1966 in relation to —
his or her administration, assessment, collection or enforcement of payment of any fee, tax, charge, financial penalty or other sum of money which is imposed or collected under the constitutional Act of the public body or any other written law administered by the public body and —
is collected by the public body as an agent of the Government under the constitutional Act or that other written law; or
is payable or required by the constitutional Act or other written law to be paid into the Consolidated Fund or other Government Fund;
his or her disbursing, on behalf of the Government, under the constitutional Act of the public body or any other written law administered by the public body, any financial assistance or other benefits using moneys withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund or other Government Fund; or
his or her administration and management of any contract entered into or managed by the public body on behalf of the Government,and section 20 of the Financial Procedure Act 1966 applies to each of these individuals even though they are not or were not in the employment of the Government.
(2)
Every member and officer of a Group 1 public body with a function of acting as an agent of the Government is, in relation to his or her entering into contracts on behalf of the Government in the performance of that function, taken to be a public officer for the purposes of the Government Contracts Act 1966.