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Infrastructure Protection Act 2017 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Protected Areas and Protected Places

12. Duties of authority of protected area

(1)

The authority of a protected area must, on the date that the protected area order for the protected area takes effect, display prominently at the perimeter of the protected area adequate notices about the protected area.

(2)

Where the Minister amends the protected area order under section 11 (called in this section the amended order) by changing the specification of the protected area (called in this section the amended protected area), the authority of the amended protected area must, on the date that the amended order takes effect, display prominently at the perimeter of the amended protected area adequate notices about the amended protected area.

(3)

The authority must, while the protected area order or the amended order is in force —

(a)

display and maintain the notices required under subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be;

(b)

where guards are deployed by the authority in, or in any specified surrounding area of, the protected area, ensure that every guard so deployed is an authorised officer; and

(c)

provide such information about the guards deployed by the authority in, or in any specified surrounding area of, the protected area, at such times and in such form and manner, as the Minister or the Commissioner of Police may require.

(4)

Any person who contravenes subsection (3)(b) or (c) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

(5)

To avoid doubt, in subsection (3) —

(a)

a reference to a protected area includes a reference to an amended protected area; and

(b)

a reference to the authority of a protected area includes a reference to the authority of an amended protected area.

Terms defined in s 2

authorised officer
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“authorised officer”, for a protected area or a protected place, means —(a)a police officer;(b)an officer or a senior military expert of the Singapore Armed Forces;(c)a soldier of the Singapore Armed Forces who is deployed to guard that protected area or that protected place;(d)an officer or a member of a visiting force lawfully present in Singapore who is deployed to guard that protected area or that protected place under the terms of any treaty, agreement or arrangement to which the Government is a party;(e)a prison officer (as defined in section 2 of the Prisons Act 1933) who is deployed to guard that protected area or that protected place;(f)an immigration officer (as defined in section 2 of the Immigration Act 1959) who is deployed to guard that protected area or that protected place;(g)an auxiliary police officer who is deployed to guard that protected area or that protected place; or(h)a security officer who is authorised by the Commissioner of Police under section 6(1) and is deployed to guard that protected area or that protected place;
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Commissioner of Police
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“Commissioner of Police” means the Commissioner of Police appointed under section 6(1) of the Police Force Act 2004;
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protected area
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“protected area” means any premises in Singapore declared in a protected area order to be a protected area;
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protected area order
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“protected area order” means an order made under section 8 declaring any premises to be a protected area, and includes the order as amended under section 11;
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specified surrounding area
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“specified surrounding area”, for a protected area or a protected place, means any surrounding area of that protected area or that protected place that is specified in the protected area order (for that protected area) or the protected place order (for that protected place) for the purposes of sections 27 and 28;
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