Singapore legislation
Section 59
Section 59
Publication of information to unauthorised person, etc.
(1)
Any person employed by the Board who, without lawful authority, publishes or communicates to any person, otherwise than in the ordinary course of his or her duty or employment, any information acquired by him or her in the course of his or her duty or employment shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $4,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(2)
The Board may, on an application by a prospective employer who is considering whether or not to employ any person as an employee, give to the prospective employer the following particulars of that person:
the name of the person’s employer or, if the person has been in the employment of more than one employer, the names of all his or her employers during the past 3 years; (b)the period for which contributions were paid into the Fund for that person by each of the person’s employers.
(3)
A prospective employer who wishes to obtain any of the particulars mentioned in subsection (2) must apply to the Board in such form as the Board may determine and must pay the prescribed fee.
(4)
The Board may require an applicant under subsection (3) to furnish proof that he or she is considering whether to employ the person in respect of whom the application is made.
(5)
No refund may be made of any fee paid under subsection (3).
(6)
On the request of an insurer administering or operating an insurance scheme referred to in section 34(2)(j) of the MediShield Life Scheme Act 2015 or section 77(1)(k) or a Supplement Scheme for information about a person or the person’s dependant, which the insurer requires to administer or operate the insurance scheme in relation to the person, or the person’s dependant, the Board may disclose to the insurer such information (including any medical information and information relating to the amount standing to the credit of the person in the person’s medisave account) obtained by the Board, in the course of performing the Board’s functions or duties under this Act, for such purpose as the Minister may approve.
(7)
The insurer may use the information about the person or the person’s dependant obtained under subsection (6) only for the purpose approved by the Minister under that subsection.
(8)
An insurer who knowingly contravenes subsection (7) shall be guilty of an offence.
(9)
Despite any provision of the National Registration Act 1965 or the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1937, where a member has died in Singapore, and the Board has received information on the member’s death from any officer appointed to perform duties under either or both of those Acts, the Board may, in the course of authorising the payment of any amount under section 20(1)(b) or (1A) to a person nominated by the member in accordance with section 25(1), performing its functions under section 25 in relation to any amount payable on the death of the member, or performing its functions under section 26 or 26A in relation to any shares belonging to the member or any proceeds of the sale of those shares, disclose to any person —
the name and identity card number of the member;
the date of the member’s death; and
the source of the Board’s information on the member’s death.