Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
Amendment of section 20
Section 20 of the Prisons Act is amended —
(a)
by inserting, immediately after the words “Director of Prisons,” in subsection (1), the words “a Deputy Director of Prisons”;
(b)
by inserting, immediately after the word “Director” in subsection (2), the words “, Deputy Director”;
(c)
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) The Deputy Director may, subject to such direction as may be given by the Director, exercise and perform all or any of the powers, duties and functions of the Director under this Act.”; and
(d)
by deleting the section heading and substituting the following section heading:“Appointment of Director, Deputy Director, Superintendents and other officers”.