Clause 19

by inserting, immediately after subsection (8), the following subsection:“(9) Notwithstanding any provision of the National Registration Act (Cap. 201) or the Registration of Births and Deaths Act (Cap. 267), where a member has died in Singapore, and the Board has received information on the member’s death from any officer appointed to perform duties under either or both of those Acts, the Board may, in the course of authorising the payment of any amount under section 20(1)(b) or (1A) to a person nominated by the member in accordance with section 25(1), performing its functions under section 25 in relation to any amount payable on the death of the member, or performing its functions under section 26 or 26A in relation to any shares belonging to the member or any proceeds of the sale of those shares, disclose to any person —

the name and identity card number of the member;

the date of the member’s death; and

the source of the Board’s information on the member’s death.”; and

by inserting, immediately after the word “person” in the section heading, the word “, etc.”.