14 Laws of Malaysia Act 776 (c) to advise and make recommendations to the Council on strategic measures concerning national security; (d) to collect, evaluate, correlate and coordinate the information and intelligence from all Government Entities, and to disseminate the information and intelligence to the Government Entities as may be essential in the interest of national security; (e) to supervise and monitor the implementation of the declaration of a security area and any executive order issued; (f) to issue directives to the Government Entities on national security measures; and (g) to perform such other duties as directed by the Council. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the supervisory and monitoring functions conferred on the Director General shall not extend to the operational control of the Security Forces. Duties of Government Entities in relation to information or intelligence 17. (1) In the interest of national security, the Government Entities shall immediately report to the Council through the Director General any information or intelligence that affects or is likely to affect national security together with the assessment of the credibility of such information or intelligence. (2) Upon direction by the Council, any Government Entity or any person shall immediately make available any information or intelligence in its or his possession which relates to national security to the Council through the Director General. (3) For the purposes of this section, the Council may issue a directive to facilitate the sharing of information and intelligence between the Government Entities.