Employee Trust Act Formerly Known as Tabung Amanah Pekerja Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Offences, Penalties and Proceedings
24. Publication of information to unauthorised person
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person employed by the Board who without lawful authority publishes or communicates to any person, otherwise than in the ordinary course of his duty or employment, any information acquired by him in the course of his duty or employment is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.
Board
“Board” means the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board established under section 3 of the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board Act;
The Board may, on an application by a prospective employer who is considering whether or not to employ any person as an employee, give to the prospective employer the following particulars of that person —
employer
“employer” means the person with whom an employee has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship, and includes — (a) any person, company, association or body of persons, whether or not statutory or incorporated by whom an employee is employed; (b) the owners of any vessel on which an employee is employed; (c) any manager, agent or person responsible for the payment of wages to an employee on behalf of an employer; (d) any foreign mission in Brunei Darussalam; (e) the Government in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or employees of such Government as may from time to time be declared by the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by notification published in the Gazette, to be employees for the purposes of this Act: Provided that no such officer or employee employed by or on behalf of the Government shall be personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done by him as an officer or employee of such Government in good faith;
the name of his employer or, if he has been in the employment of more than one employer, the name of all his employers during the past 3 years; and
the period for which contributions were paid into the Trust for that person by each of his employers.
A prospective employer who wishes to obtain any of the particulars referred to in subsection (2) shall apply to the Board in such form as the Board may determine and shall pay the prescribed fee.
The Board may require an applicant under subsection (3) to furnish proof that he is considering whether to employ the person in respect of whom the application is made.
No refund shall be made of any fee paid under subsection (3).
Amount withdrawn not to be utilised for other purpose [S 10/2024]
Terms defined in s 2
Board
Defined · s 2“Board” means the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board established under section 3 of the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board Act;
employee
Defined · s 2“employee” means any person being a citizen or permanent resident of Brunei Darussalam, who is employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship or other agreement to work for an employer: Provided that the Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by an order signified in the Gazette, declare any person or class of person not to be an employee for the purposes of this Act; Employee Trust 8
employer
Defined · s 2“employer” means the person with whom an employee has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship, and includes — (a) any person, company, association or body of persons, whether or not statutory or incorporated by whom an employee is employed; (b) the owners of any vessel on which an employee is employed; (c) any manager, agent or person responsible for the payment of wages to an employee on behalf of an employer; (d) any foreign mission in Brunei Darussalam; (e) the Government in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or employees of such Government as may from time to time be declared by the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by notification published in the Gazette, to be employees for the purposes of this Act: Provided that no such officer or employee employed by or on behalf of the Government shall be personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done by him as an officer or employee of such Government in good faith;
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