Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
Appointment of Permit Officer, etc.
(1)
For the purposes of this Act, the Minister for Home Affairs may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint a public officer as a Permit Officer and such number of other public officers as Assistant Permit Officers as he thinks fit.
(2)
If the Permit Officer is temporarily absent or for any reason temporarily unable to perform his duties, the Minister for Home Affairs may appoint an Assistant Permit Officer or other person to act in the place of the Permit Officer during such period of absence from duty.
(3)
The Permit Officer may, in writing, authorise any officer to perform or to assist in the performance of any duty imposed on, or to exercise any power conferred upon, the Permit Officer by this Act other than section 26.