National Retirement Scheme Act · 2024 Revised Edition · Part · General
46. Preservation of secrecy
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Except for the purpose of the performance of his duties or the exercise of his functions or when lawfully required to do so by any court or under the provisions of any written law, no person who is or has been a member, an officer, an employee or an agent of the Board or a member of a committee of the Board shall disclose any information relating to the affairs of the Board or of any other person which has been obtained by him in the performance of his duties or the exercise of his functions.
member
“member” means any person who has contributed to the member account to whose credit any amount is standing in the account and includes — (a) a self-employed person who has contributed voluntarily under section 15; (b) a self-employed person who has transferred his member account to the retirement account under section 17; and (c) any person who is or was a member in a SCP account;
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both.
Terms defined in s 2
Board
Defined · s 2“Board” means the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board established by section 3 of the Tabung Amanah Pekerja Board Act;
employee
Defined · s 2“employee” means any person below the minimum retirement age being — (a) a citizen of Brunei Darussalam; or (b) a permanent resident, who is employed under a contract of service or apprenticeship or other agreement to work for an employer and includes the Minister, Deputy Minister, Ambassador, High Commissioner, Consul-General, Consul or such other person as His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan may, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe but does not include any person or class of persons — (i) specified in Schedule 1; or (ii) declared by the Minister, with the consent of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by order published in the Gazette, not to be an employee for the purposes of this Act;
member
Defined · s 2“member” means any person who has contributed to the member account to whose credit any amount is standing in the account and includes — (a) a self-employed person who has contributed voluntarily under section 15; (b) a self-employed person who has transferred his member account to the retirement account under section 17; and (c) any person who is or was a member in a SCP account;