PROTECTED AREAS AND PROTECTED PLACES ACT(CHAPTER 256)Ordinance 33 of 1959Reprint 1 of 1966 M1970 Ed. Cap. 235REVISED EDITION 1985LN 231/63S13/66Short title.1. This Act may be cited as the Protected Areas and Protected Places Act. Interpretation.2. In this Act — "authorised officer" means — (a) any police officer; (b) any person holding a commission in the Singapore Armed Forces or in any visiting forces lawfully present in Singapore; (c) any member of the Singapore Armed Forces or of any visiting forces lawfully present in Singapore performing the duties of a guard or sentry in any protected area or protected place in accordance with orders issued by a person holding a commission in the Singapore Armed Forces or of any visiting forces lawfully present in Singapore; or (d) any person performing the duties of a guard or watchman in a protected area or a protected place and specially authorised in that behalf under section 3; "divisional police officer" means the polic...