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54 PART IX AUXILIARY POLICE FORCES Division 1—Creation and regulation of Auxiliary Police Forces Creation of Auxiliary Police Forces

86.—(1) The Commissioner may, with the approval of the Minister, authorise the creation by the Government or any statutory body, or by any company or other organisation carrying on business within Singapore (referred to in this Part as the employer), of one or more Auxiliary Police Forces for all or any of the following purposes:
 * (a) to safeguard life and any property of the employer;
 * (b) to safeguard life and any property of any other person in Singapore;
 * (c) to assist the Police Force in the maintenance of law and order;
 * (d) to assist any department of the Government or any statutory body in the discharge of any duty imposed or function conferred under any written law;
 * (e) to carry out such security activity as may be approved by the Commissioner.

(2) The Commissioner may, in authorising the creation of an Auxiliary Police Force under subsection (1), impose such conditions as he thinks fit.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the conditions that may be imposed under subsection (2) in relation of an Auxiliary Police Force include—
 * (a) restricting the Auxiliary Police Force to carrying out only such security activity as the Commissioner may specify in the authorisation under subsection (1);
 * (b) requiring that the approval of the Commissioner be first obtained before the Auxiliary Police Force carries out any new security activity in the course of business or for remuneration;
 * (c) requiring the employer of the Auxiliary Police Force to pay an annual fee of a prescribed amount to the Commissioner; and