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Infrastructure Protection Act 2017 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Miscellaneous

81. Protection from personal liability

(1)

No liability shall lie personally against the Commissioner or any other public officer, any member of a state force, any authorised officer of a protected area or a protected place or any member of the Appeal Advisory Board who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, does or omits to do anything in the execution or purported execution of this Act.

(2)

To avoid doubt, nothing in this Act makes it obligatory for the Commissioner to inspect any protected infrastructure to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act have been complied with, or any information or document furnished to the Commissioner is accurate, with respect to the protected infrastructure.

Terms defined in s 2

Appeal Advisory Board
Defined · s 2
“Appeal Advisory Board” means the Appeal Advisory Board established under section 63;
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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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Commissioner
Defined · s 2
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Infrastructure Protection appointed under section 5, and (subject to any condition or restriction imposed under that section) includes a Deputy Commissioner of Infrastructure Protection or an Assistant Commissioner of Infrastructure Protection appointed under that section;
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document
Defined · s 2
“document” has the meaning given by section 29 of the Penal Code 1871;
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member of a state force
Defined · s 2
“member of a state force” means any of the following persons:(a)a police officer;(b)an auxiliary police officer;(c)an officer, a senior military expert or a soldier of the Singapore Armed Forces;(d)a member of the Singapore Civil Defence Force, as defined in section 2 of the Civil Defence Act 1986;(e)any public officer, or any officer in a class of public officers, authorised in writing by the Minister for the purposes of Part 6;
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officer
Defined · s 2
“officer”, “senior military expert”, “serviceman” and “soldier”, in relation to the Singapore Armed Forces, have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Singapore Armed Forces Act 1972;
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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 infrastructure
Defined · s 2
“protected infrastructure” means —(a)a protected area;(b)a protected place;(c)a special development;(d)a special infrastructure; or(e)any premises in respect of which a security directive under section 55 or a Minister’s order under section 58 is issued;
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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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Report

Read on from s 82