Singapore legislation
Clause 45
Clause 45
Repeal and re-enactment of sections 83 and 84 and new section 84A
Sections 83 and 84 of the principal Act are repealed and the following sections substituted therefor:“Powers of Juvenile Court conferred on other courts
83. Except as otherwise provided, nothing in this Act shall affect the powers of a Magistrate’s Court, a District Court or the High Court, and all the powers which may be exercised under this Act by a Juvenile Court may, in like manner, be exercised by a Magistrate’s Court, a District Court or the High Court.Protection from personal liability
84. No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie personally against the Director or any protector, police officer, approved welfare officer, probation officer or member of a board of visitors or a governing board or any other person acting under the direction of the Director or a protector for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in the enforcement or purported enforcement of this Act.Information relating to children and young persons in need of care or protection84A.—
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 or a police officer of the facts and circumstances on which his knowledge or suspicion is based.(2) Where the Director or a police officer receives any notification under subsection (1), the Director or police officer may, without prejudice to any other power conferred on him by this Act, transmit any information contained in the notification to a protector or any other person assisting the Director in the administration or enforcement of this Act, in order that such protector or person 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 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 he 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) Any person appearing as a witness in any proceedings in any court or tribunal or before a person authorised by law to hear evidence shall 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).”.