Singapore legislation

Section 16BA

of Protection from Harassment Act 2014

Section 16BA

Targeted interim notification order

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(1)

A court may make a targeted interim notification order against the respondent in relation to an application for a targeted correction order if —

(a)

the court is satisfied that there is prima facie evidence that —

(i)

any material consisting of or containing the relevant statement (called in this section the specified material) has been or is being published by means of an internet intermediary service provided by the respondent; (ii)the relevant statement is a false statement of fact; and

(iii)

the publication of the specified material by means of the service has caused or is likely to cause the subject harm; and

(b)

it is just and equitable in the circumstances to make the targeted interim notification order.

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(2)

A targeted interim notification order may require the respondent to publish a targeted interim notice —

(a)

by means of the internet intermediary service to all end‑users in Singapore who access any specified material provided on or through the service that consists of or contains the false statement from any specified time; and

(b)

where the respondent is a prescribed internet intermediary — by any means and by a specified time, to all end‑users in Singapore that the respondent knows had accessed the specified material mentioned in paragraph (a) or any identical copies of the specified material by means of the internet intermediary service.

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(3)

A targeted interim notice must —

(a)

state that there is a pending application for a targeted correction order in respect of the specified material; and

(b)

be in such form and published in such manner as may be specified in the targeted interim notification order.

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(4)

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

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