Section 16C: Agency Cooperation

16C. Agency Cooperation (1) Notwithstanding any other enactment, the DirectorGeneral may, through an electronic system or in such other appropriate manner, share with another public sector agency or parastatal body, such information as may be mutually agreed upon and which the public sector agency or parastatal body may require for the discharge of its functions in respect of – (a) goods, persons or crafts; (b) import or export transactions; (c) importers or exporters; or (d) data or information which is required for border protection purpose. (2) No public sector agency or parastatal body shall disclose any information obtained pursuant to subsection (1) to a third party. (3) In this section – “border protection purpose” means any lawful purpose relating to, or connected with, the performance of – (a) a Government-related border management function; (b) a Customs-related border management function. (f) in section 17, in subsection (1)(a), by deleting the figure “5” and replacing it by the figure “3”; Acts 2016 185 (g) by inserting, after section 22, the following new section –