Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) (Amendment) Bill

Clause 8

Amendment of section 39

Section 39 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “trafficking” in subsection (1) and substituting the word “dealing”;

(b)

by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:“(4) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) makes it an offence —

(a)

for an advocate and solicitor, or an interpreter or other person who works under the supervision of an advocate and solicitor, to fail to disclose any information or other matter which is an item subject to legal privilege;

(b)

for a legal counsel acting as such for his employer, or an interpreter or other person who works under the supervision of the legal counsel, to fail to disclose any information or other matter concerning the employer which is an item subject to legal privilege; or

(c)

for an arbitrator to fail to disclose any information or other matter which came to his attention in the course of any arbitral proceedings in which he acted as an arbitrator.”; and

(c)

by deleting subsection (9).

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