Singapore legislation
Section 34
Section 34
Employment of auxiliary police officers as escorts and guards
(1)
For the purpose of assisting the Commissioner in the discharge of his or her duties under this Act, the Commissioner may employ any number of auxiliary police officers that he or she considers fit as escorts or guards to ensure the safe custody of the prisoners who are under his or her custody.
(2)
A prisoner who is delivered into the custody of an auxiliary police officer under this section is deemed to be in lawful custody.
(3)
Every auxiliary police officer who is employed as an escort or a guard under subsection (1), in the course of carrying out his or her duties as an escort or a guard —
has the powers of a prison officer conferred under section 31;
is deemed to be a prison officer for the purpose of section 69; and
is deemed to be an officer for the purposes of sections 72 and 73.
(4)
Every auxiliary police officer employed under subsection (1) is deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code 1871.
(5)
In this section, “auxiliary police officer” means a member of an auxiliary police force established under any other written law.