Information and records on any act requiring permit or registration
10.—(1) A person who carries out any act under the authority of a permit, or in respect of which the person is registered, must —(a)
give to a senior authorised officer, in the prescribed form and at the prescribed time, the prescribed particulars in respect of that act;
(b)
keep records in relation to that act that are required by regulations made under this Act; and
(c)
prepare and give to a senior authorised officer from such records, any reports that are required by regulations made under this Act.
(2) Any person who refuses or fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(3) The regulations relating to the keeping of records mentioned in subsection (1)(b) may include regulations relating to —(a)
the form and content of those records; and
(b)
the period for which those records are to be kept.
(4) The regulations relating to the preparation and giving of reports mentioned in subsection (1)(c) may include regulations relating to —(a)
the form and content of those reports;
(b)
the time within which those reports are to be made; and
(c)
the persons who are to sign those reports.
Senior authorised officer may seek information
11.—(1) This section applies if a senior authorised officer considers that any person is capable of giving information relating to any act referred to in section 5, 6 or 9.
(2) The senior authorised officer may, by written notice given to a person mentioned in subsection (1), require the person to give such information to the senior authorised officer within such reasonable period and in such manner as is specified in the notice.
(3) The senior authorised officer may, by written notice given to a person mentioned in subsection (1), require the person to give the senior authorised officer particular documents, or documents of a particular kind, specified in the notice, within a reasonable period that is specified in the notice.
(4) Any person who refuses or fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with a notice under this section to the extent that the person is capable of complying with it shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(5) The power of a senior authorised officer under this section to require a person to give information or documents to the senior authorised officer is in addition to any obligation to give information or documents that the person may have under section 10.
Confidentiality
12.—(1) Any information or document given under this Part must not, except with the prior consent in writing of the person having the control, management or superintendence of the thing in relation to which the information or document was given —(a)
be published; or
(b)
be communicated or disclosed to any other person,
except where it is necessary —
(c)
for the purposes of an investigation into or prosecution for an offence under this Act or any other written law; or
(d)
to enable a foreign government authority to investigate or prosecute a person for an offence committed in a foreign country, if the conditions specified in subsection (2) are satisfied.
(2) The conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(d) are —(a)
that the offence involves strategic goods or strategic goods technology, or anything that may be used to develop, produce, operate, stockpile or acquire any nuclear, chemical or biological weapon or a missile capable of delivering such weapon;
(b)
that the communication or disclosure is not likely to prejudice the sovereignty, security or other essential interests of Singapore;
(c)
that the information is used only for the investigation or prosecution for which it was requested and the foreign government authority undertakes to abide by any condition imposed by the Minister on the use of the information; and
(d)
any other conditions that the Minister may prescribe.
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Source: Singapore Statutes Online (Attorney-General's Chambers), © Government of Singapore.
