Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Private Security Industry (Exemptions) Order 2009

Regulation 3

Persons exempt from having private investigator’s licence

Subregulation 1

Section 6 of the Act shall not apply to any person who carries out for reward the functions of a private investigator —

(a)

in the course of his employment with a statutory board in connection with the discharge of any powers or performance of any duties under any written law administered by the statutory board; or

(b)

solely by searching for information from the World Wide Web through the Internet, or by obtaining information or securing evidence from any Internet website which is accessible to members of the public, or which he is authorised to access, without the use of —

(i)

electronic mail;

(ii)

any facility where persons can communicate with each other in real time through text messages (commonly known as a chat room) or other similar interactive facility; or

(iii)

any facility where persons can post articles, letters or entries for discussion or comment (commonly known as a discussion forum) or other similar interactive facility.

Subregulation 2

Section 6 of the Act shall not apply to any person who advertises, or in any way holds out, that the person carries out or is willing to carry out for reward, the functions of a private investigator in the manner described in sub-paragraph (1)(b).

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