s 13 Request for information from competent authorities
13.—(1) The Superintendent may, for the purposes of a census, in writing direct any competent authority specified in the first column of the First Schedule to furnish or supply to him any particulars or information obtained by the competent authority under the written law specified in the second column of the First Schedule and, despite the provisions of any written law, the competent authority must furnish and supply those particulars and information within the time that may be agreed to by the Superintendent and the competent authority. (2) Despite the provisions of this Act or any other written law, no person shall be guilty of an offence under this Act or that other written law or of any breach of confidence by virtue merely of the person disclosing any particulars or information to the Superintendent pursuant to any direction under subsection (1). (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any particulars or information obtained under any written law relating to taxation or administered by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.