§ 6 — Powers of Agency

6.—(1) The Agency has power to do all things necessary or expedient to be done for, or in connection with, the performance of its functions.(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the powers of the Agency include the following:(a)

to enter into contracts, agreements or arrangements for itself, or on behalf of the Government in relation to any Home Team agency;

(b)

to establish and manage framework contracts for the benefit of any Home Team agency or organisation in the Singapore public sector;

(c)

to acquire, develop, hold and dispose of real or personal property;

(d)

to appoint and act through agents;

(e)

to employ staff and engage consultants;

(f)

to publish or provide any information, or publish or sponsor the publication of works;

(g)

to apply for, obtain and hold, whether on its own behalf or jointly with any other person, any intellectual property rights;

(h)

to enter into agreements or arrangements for the commercial exploitation of those intellectual property rights, whether by assignment, licensing or otherwise;

(i)

with the approval of the Minister, to form or join in the formation of a company, association, trust or partnership or enter into a joint venture with any person;

(j)

to be a member of a company, association, trust or partnership;

(k)

to provide financial incentives, support, grant, aid or assistance to any person;

(l)

to charge for the provision of goods or services, or the performance of work, by or on behalf of the Agency;

(m)

to waive the payment of fees and charges payable to the Agency;

(n)

to accept gifts, grants, bequests and devises made to the Agency, and act as trustee of money and other property vested in the Agency on trust;

(o)

to provide technical, consultancy or advisory services to the Government or any other person in Singapore or overseas on any matter related to, or connected with, a forensic purpose or public security purpose;

(p)

to collect, compile, analyse and disseminate information of a statistical nature or otherwise concerning matters relating to its functions;

(q)

to provide scholarships and training grants in the field of science and technology;

(r)

to do any other thing that is incidental or conducive to the performance of its functions.

(3) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) does not limit any other power given to the Agency by any other provision in this Act or by any other Act.

(4) The Agency may exercise its powers inside or outside Singapore.

(5) To avoid doubt, nothing in this Act is to be construed as preventing the exercise of any power or discharge of any function of the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore established by section 8(1) of the Transport Safety Investigations Act 2018 (Act 36 of 2018).

—(1) The Agency has power to do all things necessary or expedient to be done for, or in connection with, the performance of its functions.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the powers of the Agency include the following:(a)

to enter into contracts, agreements or arrangements for itself, or on behalf of the Government in relation to any Home Team agency;

(b)

to establish and manage framework contracts for the benefit of any Home Team agency or organisation in the Singapore public sector;

(c)

to acquire, develop, hold and dispose of real or personal property;

(d)

to appoint and act through agents;

(e)

to employ staff and engage consultants;

(f)

to publish or provide any information, or publish or sponsor the publication of works;

(g)

to apply for, obtain and hold, whether on its own behalf or jointly with any other person, any intellectual property rights;

(h)

to enter into agreements or arrangements for the commercial exploitation of those intellectual property rights, whether by assignment, licensing or otherwise;

(i)

with the approval of the Minister, to form or join in the formation of a company, association, trust or partnership or enter into a joint venture with any person;

(j)

to be a member of a company, association, trust or partnership;

(k)

to provide financial incentives, support, grant, aid or assistance to any person;

(l)

to charge for the provision of goods or services, or the performance of work, by or on behalf of the Agency;

(m)

to waive the payment of fees and charges payable to the Agency;

(n)

to accept gifts, grants, bequests and devises made to the Agency, and act as trustee of money and other property vested in the Agency on trust;

(o)

to provide technical, consultancy or advisory services to the Government or any other person in Singapore or overseas on any matter related to, or connected with, a forensic purpose or public security purpose;

(p)

to collect, compile, analyse and disseminate information of a statistical nature or otherwise concerning matters relating to its functions;

(q)

to provide scholarships and training grants in the field of science and technology;

(r)

to do any other thing that is incidental or conducive to the performance of its functions.

(3) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) does not limit any other power given to the Agency by any other provision in this Act or by any other Act.

(4) The Agency may exercise its powers inside or outside Singapore.

(5) To avoid doubt, nothing in this Act is to be construed as preventing the exercise of any power or discharge of any function of the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore established by section 8(1) of the Transport Safety Investigations Act 2018 (Act 36 of 2018).