National Anti-Drugs Agency (Amendment) Act 2016

by substituting for the full stop at the end of the definition of “officer of the Agency” a semicolon; and

by inserting after the definition of “officer of the Agency”

the following definition:

‘ “senior officer of the Agency” means the Director

General and any officer of the Agency holding the office of Deputy Director General, Director,

Senior Assistant Director and Assistant Director.’.

in subsection (2), by inserting after the words “as provided for under” the words “the Police Act 1967 [Act 344],”;

in subsection (3), by substituting for paragraph (e) the following paragraph:

“(e)  an officer of the Agency below the rank of

Assistant Officer, when escorting and guarding persons in custody of the Agency, shall have all the powers of a police officer of the rank of Corporal and below and a prison officer of the rank of Sergeant and below under the

Prison Act 1995 [Act 537].”; and

by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

“(4)  For the purposes of this Act—

where an order, a certificate or any other act is required to be given, issued or done by an officer in charge of a Police District under any written law, such order, certificate or act may be given, issued or done by a senior officer of the Agency, Investigator or Senior

Assistant Officer and for such purpose, the place where the order, certificate or act was given, issued or done shall be deemed to be a Police District under his charge;

an officer of the Agency shall have all the powers conferred on an officer in charge of a police station under any written law, and for such purpose the office of such officer shall be deemed to be a police station; and

an officer of the Agency shall have all the powers of a police officer of whatever rank as provided for under the Criminal Procedure Code

[Act 593] and the Registration of Criminals and Undesirable Persons Act 1969 [Act 7], and such powers shall be in addition to the powers provided for under this Act and not in derogation thereof, but in the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the provisions of this Act and those of the

Criminal Procedure Code, the provisions of this Act shall prevail.”.

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