A/HRC/27/50 under the national social insurance programme; employees must have regular training on law, professional knowledge and skills; and regular assessment of work performance. 58. Only some of the laws examined contain reference to the establishment of a security agency register: Pakistan, 2000 Sindh Ordinance;96 Philippines, Republic Act No. 5487, 1969;97 and Sri Lanka, Act No. 45, 1998.98 The other laws do not expressly provide for such register. 59. None of the laws state the need for PSC personnel, including managers and owners, to have specific training in, or knowledge of, human rights law or standards. 4. Selection and training of PSC personnel 60. There is a lack of uniformity in the laws reviewed with regard to the selection and training of PSC personnel. There is no reference to training in human rights law and standards in any of the laws, which focus rather on various types of training, including by public institutions such as the police,99 or the issuance of letters of approval by government authorities such as the Chief Police Officer.100 The selection criteria are covered in detail in the laws of Pakistan (Sindh and Punjab Provinces), the Philippines and Singapore. With regard to employee conduct, in some of the States reviewed,101 the conduct of PSC personnel is also indirectly governed through the eligibility criteria established for granting individual employee licences. Where employee licences are not required, the selection criteria apply to the companies themselves. China’s State Council Order No. 564 is the most detailed in this respect: it contains a long list of measures that security guards must take when providing security and guard services. Some of the relevant laws establish a clear limitations on security employees’ conduct, for example, the prohibition from carrying out any activity or exercising powers normally conferred to police officers, customs officers, immigration officers, prison officers or any other type of public officer.102 5. Permitted and prohibited activities 61. Each of the States reviewed regulates PSC conduct, in terms of permitted or prohibited activities, differently. However, four aspects are regulated by the laws of two or more States, namely the requirement for PSCs to exhibit their licence publicly and in a conspicuous place;103 the requirement to keep an internal register of data;104 prohibition from conducting criminal investigations;105 and prohibition from exercising any powers that are normally conferred to public security officers.106 In that respect, the laws of Malaysia and Pakistan, for instance, state that PSCs may not exercise the powers conferred on police, 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 See sect. 6 (6). See sect. 8: “…the Chief of the Philippine Constabulary or his duly authorized representative shall issue a permit for the issuance of such licence and register the same in his office …”. A detailed schedule of six circumstances and their related fees in pesos or the applicable taxes is provided. See sect. 6: register to be maintained by the Competent Authority. Philippines, Republic Act No. 5487, 1969, sect. 6. Malaysia, Act 27, 1971, sect. 9. China, the Philippines and Singapore. Malaysia, Act 27, 1971; Pakistan, 2000 Sindh Ordinance and 2002 Punjab Ordinance. Sri Lanka, Act No. 45, 1998, art. 5 (4); India, Act No. 29, 2005, sect. 12; Philippines, Republic Act No. 5487, 1969, sect. 10; and Pakistan, 2002 Punjab Ordinance, art. 9; Malaysia, Act 27, 1971, sect. 6 and United Arab Emirates, Decree No. 37, 2006, sect. 12. India, Act No. 29, 2005, sect. 15; Sri Lanka, Act No. 45, 1998, art. 7 (2); and United Arab Emirates Decree No. 37, 2006, sect.. 19. Malaysia, Act 27, 1971, sect. 6; and United Arab Emirates, Decree No. 37, 2006, sect. 12. Malaysia, Act 27, 1971, sect. 19 (2) (i); Pakistan, 2000 Sindh Ordinance, sect. 15.2 Additional, and 2002 Punjab Ordinance, art. 20. 17