Singapore legislation
Clause 4
Clause 4
Amendment of section 20
Section 20 of the Prisons Act is amended —
by deleting the words “a Deputy Commissioner of Prisons and one or more” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “one or more Deputy Commissioners of Prisons,”;
by deleting the words “, Deputy Commissioner and of every” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “and of every Deputy Commissioner,”;
by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) Every Deputy Commissioner, Divisional Director and Cluster Commander may, subject to any direction that may be given by the Commissioner, exercise and perform all or any of the powers, duties and functions of the Commissioner under any provision of this Act or any other written law; and any reference in the provisions of this Act or any written law to the Commissioner includes a reference to a Deputy Commissioner, a Divisional Director or a Cluster Commander.”; and
by deleting the words “, Deputy Commissioner, etc.” in the section heading and substituting the words “and other officers”.