s 30A Information from prescribed public agencies or prescribed entities
30A.—(1) A prescribed public agency or a prescribed entity may, at the request of the Registrar or the Authority, provide information, including personal data, to the Registrar or the Authority for the purposes of subsection (2) or (3) (as the case may be) unless the prescribed public agency or prescribed entity is prohibited by any written law from so providing the information. (2) The Registrar or the Authority may use information obtained from any prescribed public agency for any purpose under this Act or any scheduled law, including to keep, maintain, rectify or update the information kept in the repository mentioned in section 6(1)(c) or any register kept under a scheduled Act. (3) The Registrar or the Authority may use information obtained from any prescribed entity to verify the accuracy of any information or document kept, or to be kept, in the repository mentioned in section 6(1)(c). (4) If the Registrar or the Authority uses information mentioned in subsection (2) for any purpose permitted by that subsection, instead of obtaining the information from a person required under any other provision of this Act or any scheduled law to provide the same, that person —(a) is deemed to have complied with the requirement to provide the information for that purpose; and (b) is not liable for any error or inaccuracy in the information used under subsection (2), unless the Registrar or the Authority has —(i) requested that person to verify the information; and (ii) given that person a reasonable opportunity to correct that information. (5) No prescribed public agency or prescribed entity, or a person acting on behalf of a prescribed public agency or prescribed entity, shall —(a) be guilty of an offence under any written law or of any breach of confidence; (b) incur any civil liability; or (c) be liable to any disciplinary action, only because the prescribed public agency, prescribed entity or person (as the case may be) provided or purportedly provided information to the Registrar or the Authority under subsection (1) in good faith and with reasonable care. [Act 21 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024]