Singapore legislation
Clause 3
of Statutory Bodies and Government Companies (Protection of Secrecy) Bill
Clause 3
Protection of secrecy
(1)
No person who is or has been a member, officer, employee or agent of a specified organisation shall, without authority of that organisation, disclose to any other person any secret or confidential document or information which he has obtained or to which he has access by virtue of his position as such member, officer, employee or agent.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply —
to the disclosure of any document or information for the purpose of the performance of his duties or functions by a member, officer, employee or agent of a specified organisation; or
to the disclosure of any document or information which is lawfully required or authorised to be disclosed by any court or under the provisions of any written law.
(3)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to both.