Singapore legislation
Clause 11
of Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) (Amendment) Bill
Clause 11
New section 35A
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 35, the following section:“Public servants35A.—
Each of the following persons is, in relation to that person’s administration, collection and enforcement of payment of composition sums under section 34, taken to be a public officer for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act (Cap. 109):
every member, officer and employee of the Authority;
every person authorised by the Chief Executive in writing to compound offences under section 34.(2) Section 20 of the Financial Procedure Act applies to each of the persons mentioned in subsection (1) even though that person is not or was not in the employment of the Government.”.