Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
Regulation 4
Exemption for specified officers
Subregulation 1
Section 29(1) of the Act does not apply to or in relation to a specified officer who takes a photograph of a protected area or a protected place if —
the specified officer takes the photograph to perform or discharge the specified officer’s duty; and
where the photograph is taken using a device or equipment — that device or equipment is registered with, or issued by, a Home Team agency or the HTX.
Subregulation 2
In this paragraph —
Definition
“Home Team agency” means any department of the Government within the Ministry of Home Affairs;
Definition
“HTX” means the Home Team Science and Technology Agency established by section 3 of the Home Team Science and Technology Agency Act 2019;
Definition
“specified officer” means —
an officer of the Central Narcotics Bureau appointed under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973; (b)an immigration officer of the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority appointed under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1959;
an officer or employee of, or a person seconded to, the HTX;
a police officer, a special police officer, a forensic specialist or an intelligence officer, within the meaning given by the Police Force Act 2004;
an officer of the Singapore Civil Defence Force raised and maintained in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1986; or
a prison officer of the Singapore Prison Service who is appointed under section 20 of the Prisons Act 1933.