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122
NO. 10 OF 2006


(4) It is a condition of a casino licence that the casino operator shall comply with such a direction.

(5) The Authority may make information obtained by the Authority under this section available to any law enforcement agency.

(6) In this section, “law enforcement agency” means—

(a) the Singapore Police Force;
(b) the Central Narcotics Bureau;
(c) the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau; or
(d) any other authority or person responsible for the enforcement of any written law.

(7) The provisions of this section are in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other written law conferring powers on any law enforcement agency to obtain information.

Protection of informers

187.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (3), no witness in any civil or criminal proceedings shall be obliged—

(a) to disclose the name and address of any informer who has given information with respect to an offence under this Act; or
(b) to answer any question if the answer thereto would lead, or would tend to lead, to the discovery of the name or address of any informer.

(2) If any book, document or paper which is in evidence or liable to inspection in any civil or criminal proceedings contains any entry in which any informer is named or described or which may lead to his discovery, the court shall cause those entries to be concealed from view or to be obliterated so far as may be necessary to protect the informer from discovery.

(3) If—

(a) in any proceedings before a court for an offence under this Act, the court, after full inquiry into the case, is satisfied that an informer wilfully made a material statement which he knew or believed to be false or did not believe to be true; or