s 13J Powers of auxiliary community relations officers
13J.—(1) The powers that an auxiliary community relations officer may be authorised under section 13H to exercise are all or any of the following:(a) to require a suspected individual to state the suspected individual’s name and residential address; (b) to advise a suspected individual to abate the act or omission causing unreasonable interference; (c) to photograph or film, or otherwise make an audio or visual recording in the place or the vicinity of the place where, or in respect of which, an act or omission causing unreasonable interference was committed or was reasonably suspected to have been committed, and any individual, thing, document or record in that place and to retain the photograph, film or recording; (d) to make a copy of and retain the copy of any document or record mentioned in paragraph (c); (e) to take statements from —(i) a suspected individual; (ii) any complainant against the suspected individual; or (iii) any other individual who may assist in the investigation of the complaint against the suspected individual; (f) to require any individual or complainant mentioned in paragraph (e) to make and sign a declaration of the truth of the statement which he or she makes; (g) to serve or deliver a written warning to cease any act or omission causing unreasonable interference; (h) to serve or deliver written advisories to residents to maintain neighbourly relations and community peace; (i) to accompany and assist a community relations officer in the exercise of the community relations officer’s powers under this Part, subject to the directions of the community relations officer; (j) to serve or deliver to a suspected individual, if he or she is alleged to have committed an offence, an offer of composition made by the Director-General or a person authorised by the Director-General; (k) to serve or deliver any other direction, notice, order or requirement issued by the Director-General, a community relations officer or a tribunal under this Act. (2) The powers that an auxiliary community relations officer may be authorised under section 13H to exercise, with the Director-General’s prior written approval, are all or any of the following:(a) to install detection and monitoring equipment in the vicinity of a place of residence without entering the place of residence and with the consent of the entity responsible for the vicinity of the place of residence; (b) to enter a place of residence at any reasonable time to install detection and monitoring equipment with the consent of the owner or occupier of the place of residence. (3) An auxiliary community relations officer may, in the exercise of his or her powers under subsection (2), be accompanied by a person authorised by the Director-General to render technical and other assistance. (4) The Director-General or an auxiliary community relations officer may disclose or provide any information, statement, image, audio or visual recording, document or other evidence obtained under this section —(a) to any court in relation to or in support of any claim or application under this Act; or (b) for the purposes of exercising the functions or powers of the Director-General or an auxiliary community relations officer under this Act. (5) To avoid doubt, it is not necessary to obtain the consent of the owner or occupier of the place of residence mentioned in subsection (2)(a) in exercising the power in that provision to install detection and monitoring equipment in the vicinity of that place of residence.[Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]