Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Probation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Probation of Offenders Act (hereinafter in this Act referred to as “the principal Act”) is hereby amended —

(a)

by inserting immediately after the definition of “approved institution” appearing therein the following: —“ “Chief Probation Officer” means the person appointed to be the Chief Probation Officer under section 2 of this Act;”;

(a)

by inserting immediately after the definition of “court” appearing therein the following new definitions: —“ “police officer” has the same meaning as in the Police Force Act [Cap. 78];“prison officer” has the same meaning as in the Prisons Act and includes the Director of Prisons and a Superintendent of Prisons appointed under that Act;”;

(c)

by deleting the definition of “Principal Probation Officer” appearing therein;

(d)

by deleting the word “and” appearing at the end of the definition of “probation committee” therein;

(e)

by inserting immediately after the definition of “probation committee” appearing therein the following new definition: —“ “volunteer probation officer” means a person appointed to be a volunteer probation officer under subsection (2) of section 3 of this Act; and”.

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