Provision of information

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law enjoining secrecy, the Director-General or an officer or employee of the Institute may, for the purposes of obtaining statistical information relating to any matter specified in the Schedule I, require any person or undertaking to– (a) complete a form, questionnaire or other record; (b) answer any questions; and (c) provide any information or records, and any information so obtained shall be subject to the restrictions on use and prohibition on disclosure of information specified in sections 41 and 42. (2) A person or undertaking referred to in sub-section (1), shall grant access to an officer or employee of the Institute to any records or information referred to in that sub-section. (3) In prescribing a requirement on persons and undertakings to provide information under sub-section (1), the Director-General shall specify in particular, (a) the general nature of the information required; (b) the frequency with which it is to be provided; (c) the persons or undertakings, or classes of persons or undertakings, required to provide it; and (d) whether any officers or employees of the Institute should be given access to the records or information. 31 (4) In the case of the holding of any census, the relevant order shall be prescribed by the Minister, acting on the advice of the Board, in accordance with the Census Act. CAP. 155.