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← Internationally Protected Persons Act 2008

Internationally Protected Persons Act 2008 s 9

s 9 Information relating to offence

9.—(1) Every person in Singapore who has information which the person knows or believes may be of material assistance —(a) in preventing the commission by another person of a relevant offence; or (b) in securing the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of another person, in Singapore, for an offence involving the commission, preparation or instigation of a relevant offence, and who fails to disclose the information immediately to a police officer shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both. (2) No criminal or civil proceedings shall lie against a person for any disclosure made in good faith under this section. (3) A person who makes a disclosure in good faith under this section is not to be treated as being in breach of any restriction upon the disclosure of information imposed by law, contract or rules of professional conduct. (4) In this section, “relevant offence” means —(a) an offence specified in the First Schedule committed to or in relation to an internationally protected person; (b) an offence specified in the Second Schedule committed to or in relation to relevant premises or a vehicle used by an internationally protected person; (c) an offence under section 4 or 5; or (d) an abetment of or a conspiracy or an attempt to commit an offence under paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

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