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- (f) by inserting, immediately after subsection (10) of section 201C, the following subsection:
- "(11) A reference in subsection (9) to similar powers exercisable under paragraph (f) is a reference to the following powers described in the Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act 2018:
- (a) the powers conferred on a police officer under sections 16, 18, 19 and 20 of that Act, where subsection (9)(b), (c) or (d), as the case may be, is concerned;
- (b) the powers conferred on a police officer under sections 16, 22, 23, 25 and 26 of that Act, where subsection (9)(e) is concerned.";
- "(11) A reference in subsection (9) to similar powers exercisable under paragraph (f) is a reference to the following powers described in the Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act 2018:
- (g) by deleting the word “or” at the end of section 201F(1)(a)(ii);
- (h) by inserting, immediately after paragraph (a) of section 201F(1), the following paragraph:
- "(aa) do anything likely to cause the death of, or grievous hurt to, the person in exercising any power under section 201C(9)(f) unless the serviceman would have been authorised by the Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act 2018 to do so if he were a police officer acting in accordance with that Act; or"; and
- (i) by deleting the words "$2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years" in section 201H and substituting the words "$20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years".
Amendment of Telecommunications Act
61. Section 58 of the Telecommunications Act (Cap. 323, 2000 Ed.) is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (9), the following subsection:
