2018 lVfoNEY LAuNDERI>Ki ANTI PRoCEEDS OF CRIME A.\IRND!vfENT No. 12 any information, whether specific or general, that the Director-General considers necessary to carry out its functions. (2) \Vhere, in the exercise of the 1xnver under subsection (1), the Director-General or an employee, inspector or agent of the Unit requests information from a person referred to in subsection ( l ), the information shall he provided within such reasonabie time and in such manner as may be specified by the Director-General or by the employee, inspector or agent concerned. (3) This section shall not be construed as- (a) limiting the povvers of inspectors under section 6D ("Inspectors and their powers"); or (b) precluding the Unit from obtaining infommtion from any other person or entity, whether in accordance with theA.ccess to Information and Protection of Privacy Act fChapter 10:271 or otherwise. (4) The Unit is authorised to access and rev icw on-site information which is necessary to the fulfilment of its functions and that belongs to or is in the custody of financial institutions and designated non-financial businesses and professions. ( 5) Subsections ( 1) and (2) slk1ll be applied subject to the lim.itatiom; in the definition of"designated non-financial businesses and professions" in section 13 and subject to section 30(2). (6) The Unit may. in relation to any repmt or infom1ation it has received, obtain. where not othenvise prohibited by law. any information it deems necessary to carry out its functions from any of the following-- (a) a law enforcement agency; (b) any competent supervisory authority; (c) any public authority or person; (d) a company, trust or other person or entity in accordance with the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act [Chapter 10:27] (No.5 of 2002). (7) Nothing in this section shall be taken to require a legal practitioner to disclose any p1ivileged communication made to him or her in that capacity. 6F Confidentiality (1) Any informationrepmtedtothe Unit or gathered or discovered by any employee, inspector or agent of the Unit in the course of exercising his or her functions under this Act shall be confidential to the Unit. and no person shall disclose any such information to any other person or lx)dy except(a) in the course of exercising his or her functions under this Act; or (b) to a judicial officer for the purposes of any legal proceedings under this Act; or (c) in accordance with the order of any comt; or (d) fort he purposes of any prosecution or criminal proceedings; or 521

Select target paragraph3