Minister or the Commissioner, in compliance with any requirement under
that subsection;
(b) a person who, in good faith, obtains any information, or discloses any
information to a specified person, in compliance with a direction given by
the specified person for the purpose of taking any measure under
subsection (1) or complying with any requirement under that subsection.
(8) The following persons, namely:
(a) a specified person to whom a person has provided information in
compliance with a direction given by the specified person for the purpose
of taking any measure under subsection (1) or complying with any
requirement under that subsection;
(b) a person to whom a specified person provides information in compliance
with any requirement under subsection (1),
must not use or disclose the information, except —
(i) with the written permission of the person from whom the information was
obtained or, where the information is the confidential information of a third
person, with the written permission of the third person;
(ii) for the purpose of preventing, detecting or countering a threat to a
computer, computer system or class of computers or computer systems;
(iii) to disclose to any police officer or other law enforcement authority any
information which discloses the commission of an offence under this Act
or any other written law; or
(iv) in compliance with a requirement of a court or the provisions of this Act or
any other written law.
(9) Any person who contravenes subsection (8) 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 12 months or to both.
(10) Where an offence is disclosed in the course of or pursuant to the exercise of any
power under this section —
(a) no information for that offence may be admitted in evidence in any civil or
criminal proceedings; and
(b) no witness in any civil or criminal proceedings is obliged —
(i) to disclose the name, address or other particulars of any informer
Singapore Statutes Online
Published in Acts Supplement on 12 Mar 2018
PDF created date on: 30 Aug 2022
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