Singapore legislation
Section 115
Section 115
Information relating to children and young persons in need of care or protection
(1)
Any person who knows or has reason to suspect that a child or young person is in need of care or protection may make a notification to the Director‑General, a protector or a police officer of the facts and circumstances on which his or her knowledge or suspicion is based.
(2)
Where the Director‑General, a protector or a police officer not below the rank of sergeant (A) receives any notification under subsection (1), A may, without affecting any other power conferred on him or her by this Act, communicate any information contained in the notification to —
where A is the Director‑General — a protector or any other person assisting the Director‑General in the administration or enforcement of this Act in respect of the child or young person;
where A is a protector — the Director‑General, another protector or any other person assisting A in the administration or enforcement of this Act in respect of the child or young person;
where A is a police officer — the Director‑General or a protector; and
any other person or class of persons as may be prescribed,in order that A may take such action as may be necessary in accordance with this Act to ensure that the child or young person concerned receives the care or protection that he or she needs.
(3)
A person who makes a notification under subsection (1) —
shall not, by virtue of doing so, be held in any proceedings before any court or tribunal or in any other respect to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics, or to have departed from any accepted form of professional conduct; and
insofar as the person has acted in good faith, shall incur no civil or criminal liability in respect of the notification or the provision of any information contained in the notification.
(4)
No liability shall lie personally against a person for communicating any information under subsection (2) if the person had done so in good faith and with reasonable care in compliance with that subsection.
(5)
Any person appearing as a witness in any proceedings in any court or tribunal or before a person authorised by law to hear evidence must not be compelled —
to disclose the identity of any person who has made a notification under subsection (1), or any information likely to lead to the disclosure of the identity of such a person; or
to produce any report or document which identifies, or is likely to identify, any person who has made a notification under subsection (1).[87