Clause 11

replace subsection (1) with —“(1) If a person (A) in lawful custody escapes or is rescued —

the person who has lawful custody of A at the time of A’s escape or rescue;

where the person who has lawful custody of A at the time of A’s escape or rescue is from a prescribed law enforcement agency or a specified law enforcement agency — any specified officer of any specified law enforcement agency; or

any police officer,may immediately pursue and arrest A for the purpose of returning A to the place where A was in lawful custody.”; and

after subsection (2), insert —“(3) In this section —“prescribed law enforcement agency” means a law enforcement agency prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) by the Minister charged with the responsibility for home affairs;“specified law enforcement agency” means —

the Central Narcotics Bureau;

the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority; or

the Singapore Prison Service;“specified officer” means —

in relation to the Central Narcotics Bureau — an officer of the Bureau as defined in section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973;

in relation to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority — an immigration officer as defined in section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959; and

in relation to the Singapore Prison Service — a prison officer as defined in section 2 of the Prisons Act 1933.”.