Singapore legislation
Clause 6
of Serious Crimes and Counter-Terrorism (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill
Clause 6
Amendment of section 41
Section 41 of the CDS Act is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the word “arrangement” in subsection (2)(a), the words “, or an international arrangement,”; (b)by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraph:“(b)the Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer is satisfied —
in any case where there exists an international arrangement mentioned in paragraph (a), that the corresponding authority has given appropriate undertakings under or in accordance with the international arrangement —
for protecting the confidentiality of any thing communicated to the corresponding authority; and
for controlling the use that will be made of that thing, including an undertaking that the thing will not be used as evidence in any proceedings; or (ii)in any other case, that the corresponding authority has given appropriate undertakings —
for protecting the confidentiality of any thing communicated to the corresponding authority; and
for controlling the use that will be made of that thing, including an undertaking that the thing will not be used as evidence in any proceedings;”; and
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “corresponding authority” in subsection (3), the following definition:“ “international arrangement” means an arrangement for cooperation in accordance with the rules or by‑laws of, or any principles or guidelines issued by, any prescribed international organisation, and to which the Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office mentioned in section 3A and the corresponding authority of a foreign country are parties.”.