Singapore legislation
Clause 40
Clause 40
Public servants
(1)
The Chief Executive, all members and employees of the Agency, all committee members, and any delegates and subdelegates of the Agency, are deemed to be public servants for the purposes of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).
(2)
Every member, employee, delegate and subdelegate of the Agency, and the Chief Executive and every committee member is, in relation to his or her administration, assessment, collection and enforcement of payment of —
any financial penalty imposed under section 48 or 64 of the Private Education Act (Cap. 247A); or
any composition sum collected under this Act or section 67 of the Private Education Act,taken to be public officers for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act (Cap. 109); and section 20 of that Act applies to each of these persons even though they are not or were not in the employment of the Government.