Singapore legislation

Clause 3

of Probation of Offenders (Amendment) Bill

Clause 3

Amendment of section 3

Section 3 of the principal Act is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “Principal” wherever it appears therein and substituting therefor in each case the word “Chief”;

(b)

by inserting immediately after subsection (1) thereof the following subsection: —“(2) The Minister may, on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit, appoint a person who is not employed as a police officer or prison officer to be a volunteer probation officer.”; and

(c)

by renumbering the existing subsections (2) and (3) thereof as subsections (3) and (4) respectively.