appointed by the Minister for a period of 2 years and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(5) No person shall be eligible to be appointed or to remain the president, or a deputy president or a member of the panel if he—
- (a) is an undischarged bankrupt;
- (b) has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding 6 months and has not received a free pardon; or
- (c) is a person found or declared under any written law to be of unsound mind.
(6) Where a person ceases to be a member of the panel, the Minister shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, take steps to fill the vacancy, but the existence of any vacancy in the panel shall not invalidate the acts of any Compensation Board.
(7) The Minister may at any time revoke the appointment of a member of the panel.
(8) There shall be paid to the president, deputy presidents and members of a Compensation Board such salaries, fees and allowances as the Minister may determine.
(9) Every president, deputy president and member of a Compensation Board, when and so long as he is serving on the Compensation Board, shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code (Cap. 224) and shall enjoy the same judicial immunity as is enjoyed by a District Judge.
Division 4—General provisions
Protection of information
102.—(1) No person shall, otherwise than in the performance of his duties or in the course of his business, reveal any information of a private or confidential nature which was acquired by him or which came to his knowledge in the course of his duties—
- (a) as an auxiliary police officer; or
- (b) in connection with an Auxiliary Police Force, whether or not he is an auxiliary police officer.
