23. Special provision for arrest

Terms defined in s 2

• authorised officer

  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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• protected area

  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

  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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