Singapore legislation

Clause 43

of Insurance (Amendment) Bill

Clause 43

Amendment of section 40A

Section 40A of the Insurance Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) Nothing in this Part shall —

(a)

compel an advocate and solicitor to disclose or produce a privileged communication, or a document or other material containing a privileged communication, made by or to him in that capacity; or

(b)

authorise the taking of any such document or other material which is in his possession.”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “refuses to” in subsection (4), the words “disclose the information or”.