27. Replacement of section 43 of the principal enactment

Section 43 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the substitution therefor of the following section:-

43. The Commissioner-General, the

Additional Commissioner-General, every

District Secretary, every Commissioner, every

Divisional Secretary, every Deputy

Official

Secrecy.

”Commissioner-General, &c.

deemed to be peace officers.

Unauthorized access to the

National

Register of

Persons.

Act, No. 8 of 2016

Commissioner, every Assistant Commissioner, every Registration Officer, every Certifying

Officer and every other officer acting under the authority of the Commissioner General shall be deemed to be a peace officer within the meaning of the Code of Criminal Procedure

Act, No.15 of 1979 for the purposes of exercising any power conferred upon a peace officer by that Code.”.