S.L. 413.2 Art. 7Powers of the Committee, the Board and the Disability Unit.         Cap. 9.

The Disability Unit, the Committee and the Board shall, in the performance of their functions, have the power to require any

Government institution, Government agency, public authority, educational institution, health institution, entities in private or social partnership with Government, and registered and unregistered voluntary organisations, providing services in the field of disability, to furnish them with all the information that they may require in the performance of their functions and duties; and such institutions, agencies, authorities, entities and organisations as are mentioned in this paragraph are hereby authorised to furnish the Disability Unit, the Committee and the Board any such information that they may require:

Provided that, except so far as may be necessary for the proper discharge of their functions and duties, officers within the

Disability Unit, the Committee and the Board shall be bound to observe secrecy in regard to any information furnished to them under these regulations, which apart from this paragraph, ought to be treated as secret, and the provisions of article 133 of the Criminal Code shall apply to any wilful breach of such duty:

Provided further that for the purposes of this paragraph all officers of the Committee, Board and the Disability Unit are to take an oath of secrecy.