Singapore legislation
Clause 3
Clause 3
Appointment of Commissioner and other officers
(1)
The Minister shall appoint a Commissioner of Parks and Recreation who shall be responsible for the performance of the duties and functions assigned to the Commissioner under this Act.
(2)
The Minister may appoint such numbers of Deputy and Assistant Commissioners of Parks and Recreation, curators and other officers as may be necessary for the purpose of administering and carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(3)
The Commissioner and all other officers appointed under the provisions of subsection (2) shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Penal Code (Cap. 103).
(4)
The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, authorise any officer appointed under subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be, to exercise within any public park all the powers of a police officer.