Section 12
Amendment of section 27
of Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Amendment) Act 2022
Amendment ActIn forceProvision 12 of 19
Section 12
Section 27 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsections:
“(1a) The Minister may, after consultation with any other relevant Minister, appoint any public officer as may be deemed necessary as an enforcement officer for the purposes of this
Act and the public officer appointed as such may exercise all powers of enforcement.
(1b)
Every appointment under subsection (1a) shall be published in the Gazette.”.