(1) A person who has knowledge or has reasonable grounds to suspect that a child is in need of care and protection shall immediately report the need to the Director or a police officer.
(2) A report under subsection (1) may be made anonymously.
(3) The police officer under subsection (1) shall report the information to the Director and provide the Director with additional information as is known or available to the police officer.
(4) Subsection (3) applies, despite the confidential nature of the information on which the report is based, but nothing in this section abrogates an attorney-at-law client privilege.
(5) A person who falsely and maliciously reports information indicating that a child is in need of care and protection commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.