s 13X Preservation of secrecy
13X.—(1) An individual who is or has been —(a) a public officer; (b) an officer or employee of a statutory body; (c) a police officer or other officer of any law enforcement agency; (d) a community relations officer or an auxiliary community relations officer; or (e) a contractor engaged by the Government or an employee of that contractor, must not disclose any information relating to the affairs of the Director-General, a Director, a Deputy Director or a Senior Assistant Director or of any other person which has been obtained by the individual in the performance of his or her duties or the exercise of his or her functions under this Act, except — (f) for the purposes of the performance of his or her duties or the exercise of his or her functions under this Act or other written law; (g) for the purpose of assisting any person (being a public officer, officer or employee of a statutory body or person exercising a public official function) who is responsible for administering or enforcing any written law, to administer or enforce that written law; (h) with the prior authorisation of the Minister; (i) where permitted or authorised under this Act; or (j) when lawfully required to do so by any court or where required or allowed to do so by the provisions of any written law. (2) Any individual who contravenes subsection (1) 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. (3) Subject to this section, any monitoring data is to be used by the Director-General, a Director, a Deputy Director, a Senior Assistant Director, a community relations officer or an auxiliary community relations officer only for the purposes of this Part and for the purposes of a claim or an application to a tribunal or court under this Act. (4) In this section, “monitoring data” means —(a) any photograph, image or audio or visual recording taken or captured by a community relations officer or an auxiliary community relations officer pursuant to his or her powers under section 13I or 13J; or (b) any information and data recorded in any detection and monitoring equipment installed pursuant to section 13I or 13J.[Act 43 of 2024 wef 24/03/2025]