Singapore legislation

Clause 49

of Registration of Births and Deaths Bill

Clause 49

Offences relating to register

(1)

A person who, without lawful authority —

(a)

makes, alters or deletes, or permits to be made, altered or deleted, any record (or any part of it) in a register;

(b)

obtains, or provides any person, access to a register (or any part of it); or

(c)

interferes with a register (or any part of it), or permits a register (or any part of it) to be interfered with, in any other way,shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

A person who wilfully destroys or defaces, or permits to be destroyed or defaced, a register (or any part of it) shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)

A public officer or registration officer who publishes or communicates to any person any information contained in a register shall be guilty of an offence unless such publication or communication —

(a)

is authorised by or under this Act;

(b)

is in the public interest and authorised by the Registrar‑General; or

(c)

is for the purpose of investigations into an offence under this Act or any other written law, or proceedings in respect of the offence.

(4)

A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.

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