Singapore legislation

Section 113

of Securities and Futures Act 2001

Section 113

Restriction on auditor’s and employee’s right to communicate certain matters

Except as may be necessary for the carrying into effect of the provisions of this Act or so far as may be required for the purposes of any legal proceedings, whether civil or criminal, an auditor appointed under section 109 or carrying out any duty imposed under section 115, and any employee of such an auditor, must not disclose any information which may come to his or her knowledge or possession in the course of performing his or her duties as such auditor or employee (as the case may be) to any person other than —

(a)

the Authority; and

(b)

in the case of an employee of such auditor, the auditor.