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Rh :(b) in securing the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of another person, in Singapore, for a terrorist bombing 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 shall not be treated as being in breach of any restriction upon the disclosure of information imposed by law, contract or rules of professional conduct.

Assistance in criminal matters for Convention offences

5.—(1) For the purposes of the provision of assistance under Part III of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act (Cap. 190A) to a foreign country for a criminal matter involving a relevant offence of that country, the relevant offence shall be deemed not to be an offence of a political character.

(2) In this section—
 * “criminal matter”, has the meaning given to that expression in section 2(1) of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act;
 * “relevant offence”, in relation to a foreign country, means an offence against the law of that country that consists of or includes conduct which, if it had occurred in Singapore, would have constituted a terrorist bombing offence.

Extradition

6.—(1) There shall be deemed to be included in the list of offences in the First Schedule to the Extradition Act (Cap. 103) all terrorist bombing offences.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), where no extradition treaty is in force between Singapore and a Convention country, a notification in the Gazette under section 4 of the Extradition Act may be made applying that Act as if there were an extradition treaty between Singapore and that country.