Singapore legislation

Section 15C

of Protection from Harassment Act 2014

Section 15C

Disabling order

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(1)

A court may, on an application by the subject of an alleged false statement of fact (called in this section the relevant statement), make a disabling order against an internet intermediary (called in this section the respondent) if —

(a)

the court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that —

(i)

any material consisting of or containing the relevant statement has been or is being published by means of an internet intermediary service provided by the respondent; and

(ii)

the relevant statement is a false statement of fact; and

(b)

it is just and equitable in the circumstances to make the disabling order.

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(2)

A disabling order may require the respondent to disable access by end‑users of the internet intermediary service provided by the respondent in Singapore, within a specified time, to —

(a)

any specified material provided on or through the service that consists of or contains the relevant statement; and

(b)

where the respondent is a prescribed internet intermediary — the specified material mentioned in paragraph (a) or any identical copies of the specified material.

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(3)

An end-user who accesses a part of any material is taken to access the material.

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