Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5A · Custody and Removal of Lock-Up Prisoners
50B. Employment of auxiliary police officers as escorts and guards
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For the purpose of assisting the Commissioner in the discharge of his or her duties under this Act, the Commissioner, or any person authorised by the Commissioner, may employ any number of auxiliary police officers that the Commissioner or the authorised person considers fit as escorts or guards to ensure the safe custody of the lock-up prisoners who are under the custody of the Commissioner or the person authorised by the Commissioner, as the case may be.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Prisons appointed under section 20;
A lock-up prisoner who is delivered into the custody of an auxiliary police officer under this section is deemed to be in lawful custody.
lock-up prisoner
“lock-up prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, who is confined in a lock‑up, or who is transported to, or from, a lock‑up;
Every auxiliary police officer who is employed as an escort or a guard under subsection (1) has, in the course of carrying out his or her duties as an escort or a guard, the powers of a prison officer conferred under section 31.
prison officer
“prison officer” means any prison officer appointed under section 20 and includes the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and any Superintendent;
Every auxiliary police officer employed under subsection (1) is deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code 1871.
[Deleted by Act 6 of 2022 wef 01/06/2026]