Singapore legislation
Section 45
Section 45
Preservation of secrecy
(1)
An individual who is or has been the Chief Licensing Officer, an Assistant Chief Licensing Officer or an authorised officer must not disclose any information relating to any early childhood development centre which has been obtained by the individual in the performance of his or her duties, or in the exercise of his or her functions, under this Act, except —
with the consent of the person to whom the information relates, and if the person is a child below 7 years of age, the consent of a parent or guardian of the child;
for the purpose of the performance of his or her duties or the exercise of his or her functions under this Act;
for the purpose of assisting a law enforcement agency in the investigation of any offence under any written law;
when lawfully required to do so by any court or under the provisions of any written law;
where the disclosure is made to a public agency for the purpose of policy formulation or review; or
where the disclosure is made to a public agency and is necessary in the public interest.
(2)
For the purposes of this section, a reference to an individual disclosing any information includes the giving of permission by that individual for another individual to have any access to a record, document or other thing which is in that individual’s possession or under that individual’s control by virtue of that individual being or having been involved in the administration or enforcement of this Act.
(3)
An individual who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(4)
In this section —
Definition
“law enforcement agency” means any authority or person charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders under any written law;
Definition
“public agency” means the Government, including any ministry, department, agency or Organ of State.