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

22. Powers against contravention of sections 20 and 21, etc.

(1)

An authorised officer of a protected area or a protected place may exercise any power under subsection (2) against a person who enters, is about to enter or is in that protected area or that protected place if that person —

(a)

in the case of a protected area, contravenes section 21(4);

(b)

in the case of a protected place, contravenes section 20(1) or 21(4); or

(c)

in the authorised officer’s opinion —

(i)

does not have a good and lawful reason to enter or be in that protected area or that protected place; or

(ii)

is acting in a suspicious manner.

(2)

The authorised officer may, using such force as is reasonably necessary —

(a)

remove that person from that protected area or that protected place; or

(b)

without warrant, arrest that person.

(3)

The authorised officer may also, using such force as is reasonably necessary, remove from that protected area or that protected place any vehicle or vessel owned or operated by, or any personal property of, that person.

Terms defined in s 2

authorised officer
Defined · s 2
“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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personal property
Defined · s 2
“personal property”, in relation to a person, means any thing worn or carried by the person or apparently in the immediate control of the person;
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protected area
Defined · s 2
“protected area” means any premises in Singapore declared in a protected area order to be a protected area;
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protected place
Defined · s 2
“protected place” means any premises in Singapore declared in a protected place order to be a protected place;
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vehicle
Defined · s 2
“vehicle” means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise;
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vessel
Defined · s 2
“vessel” includes any ship, boat, craft (including submersible craft), floating platform or air‑cushioned vehicle, whether mechanically propelled or otherwise, that is used to navigate any body of water;
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