Private investigator licensing in Papua New Guinea
No. Papua New Guinea has no specific private investigator licence.
Papua New Guinea has no licence specifically for private investigators. The Security (Protection) Industry Act 2004 requires security companies providing guarding, bodyguard, guard dog, cash-in-transit, property security management, alarm and monitoring services to hold a Class A, B or C licence from the Security Industries Authority (ss. 2, 40), but the Act contains no reference to investigation, detectives or surveillance. A firm that also guards people or property needs a security licence; investigation on its own runs as an ordinary business, subject to general criminal law.1
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How to qualify
- Firearms
- Under the Security (Protection) Industry Act only Class A security licence holders may use firearms, and firearm licences come from the Commissioner of Police under the Firearms Act, not from the Security Industries Authority4
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Questions about PI licensing in Papua New Guinea
Do you need a licence to be a private investigator in Papua New Guinea?+
No. Papua New Guinea has no specific private investigator licence. Papua New Guinea has no licence specifically for private investigators. The Security (Protection) Industry Act 2004 requires security companies providing guarding, bodyguard, guard dog, cash-in-transit, property security management, alarm and monitoring services to hold a Class A, B or C licence from the Security Industries Authority (ss. 2, 40), but the Act contains no reference to investigation, detectives or surveillance. A firm that also guards people or property needs a security licence; investigation on its own runs as an ordinary business, subject to general criminal law.
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