Immigration Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous
51A. Provision of information by Housing and Development Board
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Any immigration officer duly authorised by the Controller may, if the immigration officer considers it necessary for administering or enforcing any requirement under this Act or the regulations relating to the reporting of the place of residence of any person or any change thereof, by written notice require the Board to disclose any secret or confidential document or information which is in the possession or control of the Board.
immigration officer
“immigration officer” means any person appointed under section 3;
The Board must disclose the document or information required by an immigration officer under subsection (1) despite any obligation as to secrecy or confidentiality imposed by any law.
disclose
“disclose”, in relation to identifying information that is a personal identifier or in relation to passenger information, includes providing access to the identifying information or passenger information;
Any immigration officer to whom any document or information has been disclosed under subsection (2) must not disclose that document or information to any other person except —
document
“document” includes —(a)any endorsement;(b)any paper or other material where there is writing;(c)any paper or other material on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations that are —(i)capable of being given a meaning by persons qualified to interpret them; or(ii)capable of being responded to by a computer, a machine or an electronic device;(d)any article or material from which information is capable of being reproduced with or without the aid of any other article or device; or(e)any electronic record;
to another law enforcement officer for the performance of his or her official duties in administering or facilitating the administration of any written law, provided the Board consents to such disclosure; or
for the purpose of criminal proceedings.
Any immigration officer who contravenes subsection (3), or any law enforcement officer who discloses any document or information obtained under that subsection to any other person other than for the purpose specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
In this section, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Board” means the Housing and Development Board established under section 3 of the Housing and Development Act 1959;
“disclose”, in relation to any document or information, includes allowing access to such document or information;
“law enforcement officer” means —
any police officer;
any immigration officer; or
any registration officer within the meaning of the National Registration Act 1965.