Singapore legislation

Clause 44

of Singapore Workforce Development Agency Bill

Clause 44

Preservation of secrecy

(1)

Except for the purpose of the performance of his duties or the exercise of his functions or when lawfully required to do so by any court or under the provisions of any written law, no person who is or has been —

(a)

a member, an officer, an employee or an agent of the Agency; or

(b)

a member of a committee of the Agency,shall disclose any information relating to the affairs of the Agency or of any other person which has been obtained by him in the performance of his duties or the exercise of his functions.

(2)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.