Singapore legislation

Section 22

of Health Products Act 2007

Section 22

Defences

In any proceedings for an offence under section 19, 20 or 21, it is a defence for the person charged to prove that the person —

(a)

is a person whose business is to publish or arrange for the publication of advertisements and that the person received the advertisement for publication in the ordinary course of business;

(b)

has no financial interest in the supply of the health product featured in the advertisement; and

(c)

did not know and had no reason to suspect that the advertisement would contravene the provisions of section 19, 20 or 21, as the case may be.