Communication of information to foreign authority
41.—(1)  Notwithstanding section 56 and any other written law or rule of law, a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer may communicate any thing —
(a)disclosed to him pursuant to a requirement under section 3A(3) or pursuant to section 39(1);
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(b)given to him under section 48C(5) or 48E(5);
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(c)forwarded to him under section 48D;
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(d)submitted to him under section 48J(1); or
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(e)filed with him under any regulations made under section 200 of the Casino Control Act (Cap. 33A),
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to a corresponding authority of a foreign country if —
(i)that thing may be relevant to an investigation by that authority into a foreign drug dealing offence or a foreign serious offence; and
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(ii)the conditions in subsection (2) are satisfied.
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(2)  The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are as follows:
(a)there exists an arrangement under which the corresponding authority of the foreign country has agreed, or the corresponding authority of the foreign country has given an undertaking, to communicate to Singapore, upon Singapore’s request, information received by the corresponding authority that corresponds to any thing required to be disclosed, given, forwarded or submitted to, or filed with, a Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer pursuant to a requirement under section 3A(3), pursuant to section 39(1), under section 48C(5), 48D, 48E(5) or 48J(1) or under any regulations made under section 200 of the Casino Control Act, or required to be given to an immigration officer under section 48C(5);
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(b)the Suspicious Transaction Reporting Officer is satisfied that the corresponding authority has given appropriate undertakings —
(i)for protecting the confidentiality of any thing communicated to it; and
(ii)for controlling the use that will be made of it, including an undertaking that it will not be used as evidence in any proceedings; and
(c)such other conditions as the Minister may prescribe.
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(3)  In this section —
“corresponding authority”, in relation to a foreign country, means the authority of that foreign country responsible for receiving information that corresponds to any thing required to be disclosed to an authorised officer under section 39(1);
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