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20 PART VI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Confidentiality

26.—(1) Every person shall keep confidential any information that is given pursuant to this Act or the Convention concerning the affairs of another person.

(2) Such information may be disclosed only with the consent of the person to whose affairs it relates or for the purpose of—
 * (a) enabling Singapore to fulfil its obligations under the Convention;
 * (b) the enforcement of this Act; or
 * (c) dealing with an emergency involving public safety.

(3) Any person who fails to comply with this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.

Warrant for search and seizure

27.—(1) If a Magistrate is satisfied, on information on oath, that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this Act is being, has been or is about to be committed on any premises or that evidence of the commission of such an offence is to be found there, the Magistrate may issue a warrant in writing to an authorised officer to enter the premises, if necessary by force, at any time within one month from the time of the issue of the warrant and to search them.

(2) An authorised officer who enters the premises under the authority of the warrant may—
 * (a) take with him such other person and such equipment as appear to him to be necessary;
 * (b) inspect any document found on the premises which he has reasonable cause to believe may be required as evidence for the purposes of proceedings in respect of an offence under this Act;
 * (c) take copies of, or seize and remove, such document;