§ 5 — Registration officers

5.—(1) The Registrar‑General may, for the purposes of this Act, appoint, by name or office, any of the following persons to be a registration officer, subject to any condition or restriction the Registrar‑General specifies:(a)

a public officer;

(b)

an officer of a statutory body;

(c)

an employee of a prescribed institution.

(2) An appointment under subsection (1) (including any condition or restriction specified under that subsection) must be in writing.

(3) Without affecting sections 20 and 21 of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, a registration officer —(a)

is taken to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871 when performing a function or exercising a power of the Registrar‑General; and

(b)

is, in relation to the registration officer’s administration, collection or enforcement of payment of any fee, charge or composition sum under this Act or any other written law, taken to be a public officer for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act 1966; and section 20 of that Act applies to the registration officer even though the registration officer is not or was not in the employment of the Government.

(4) In subsection (1)(c), “prescribed institution” means an institution prescribed by the Minister by order in the Gazette.

—(1) The Registrar‑General may, for the purposes of this Act, appoint, by name or office, any of the following persons to be a registration officer, subject to any condition or restriction the Registrar‑General specifies:(a)

a public officer;

(b)

an officer of a statutory body;

(c)

an employee of a prescribed institution.

(2) An appointment under subsection (1) (including any condition or restriction specified under that subsection) must be in writing.

(3) Without affecting sections 20 and 21 of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, a registration officer —(a)

is taken to be a public servant for the purposes of the Penal Code 1871 when performing a function or exercising a power of the Registrar‑General; and

(b)

is, in relation to the registration officer’s administration, collection or enforcement of payment of any fee, charge or composition sum under this Act or any other written law, taken to be a public officer for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act 1966; and section 20 of that Act applies to the registration officer even though the registration officer is not or was not in the employment of the Government.

(4) In subsection (1)(c), “prescribed institution” means an institution prescribed by the Minister by order in the Gazette.