Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
6. Appointment of Commissioner, etc., and dormitory inspectors
Feedback & supportThe Minister may in writing appoint a public officer as the Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories who is responsible for the administration of this Act.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories appointed under section 6(1), and includes any Deputy Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories or Assistant Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories delegated under section 6(5) to exercise the Commissioner’s powers or duties under this Act;
The Minister may also appoint public officers to be Deputy Commissioners for Foreign Employee Dormitories and Assistant Commissioners for Foreign Employee Dormitories.
foreign employee
“foreign employee” means a foreigner —(a)who seeks employment, or is employed to work, in Singapore but excludes a self‑employed foreigner; or(b)whose employment in Singapore has expired or has been terminated (whether or not for justified reasons) and is authorised under the Immigration Act 1959 to remain in Singapore;
The Commissioner may appoint as dormitory inspectors any of the following persons with suitable qualifications and experience to properly exercise the powers of a dormitory inspector:
dormitory inspector
“dormitory inspector” means —(a)the Commissioner;(b)any Deputy Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories and any Assistant Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories; and(c)any individual appointed under section 6(3) and authorised under section 6(5) or any other provision in this Act to perform any duty or exercise any power under that provision;
a public officer;
an employee of any public authority;
any individual who is not a public officer or an employee mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
The Commissioner is to issue, or cause to be issued, to each dormitory inspector an identification card, which must be carried at all times by the dormitory inspector when exercising powers under this Act.
Subject to subsection (6), the Commissioner may authorise, by delegation, the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon the Commissioner by or under this Act to a Deputy Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories, an Assistant Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories or a dormitory inspector, except the power of delegation under this subsection.
Any delegation under subsection (5) may be general or in a particular case and may be subject to any conditions or limitations set out in this Act or that the Commissioner may specify.
The Commissioner, every Deputy Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories, every Assistant Commissioner for Foreign Employee Dormitories and every dormitory inspector is deemed to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871.