Section 18: Offences

18. Offences (1) No person shall operate a private security service unless he is the holder of a licence. (2) No licensee or security guard shall hold himself out in any manner as a police officer, or as providing services, or performing duties connected with the Police Force. (3) (a) No person shall employ another person as a security guard, unless the latter is the holder of a certificate. P34 – 9 [Issue 2] Private Security Service Act (b) No owner, operator or licensee, referred to at paragraph (b) of the definition of “security guard” in section 2, shall require or cause any person on his employment to perform the duties of a security guard, unless the latter is the holder of a certificate. (4) No person shall perform the duties of security guard for a private security service or in a nightclub, discothèque, private club, restaurant, café, pub or bar, and for a licensee under the Gambling Regulatory Authority Act, unless he holds a certificate issued by the Commissioner. (5) No person shall wear, or have in his possession, a uniform approved for a private security service, unless he is registered as a security guard for that private security service. (5A) No person shall perform his duties as a security guard, unless he wears such uniform as may have been specified by the Commissioner. (6) Any person who contravenes this Act shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 25,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years. [S. 18 amended by s. 7 of Act 2 of 2008 w.e.f. 1 July 2008.]