Singapore legislation
Section 31
Section 31
Power to stop communications, etc.
(1)
Upon the giving of a notice under section 30(4) of a communications stop order made because of a special authorisation, a police officer may exercise all or any of the powers in subsection (2) in relation to any person or group of persons (none of whom are excluded persons), whether in or outside the target area of the special authorisation if, in the police officer’s opinion the person or group of persons —
is making, has made or is about to make a relevant film or picture; or
is exhibiting or communicating, or is about to exhibit or communicate a relevant film or picture or a relevant text or audio message.
(2)
A police officer may direct a person or group of persons mentioned in subsection (1) to do one or more of the following:
to immediately stop making, exhibiting or communicating the relevant film or picture or relevant text or audio message; (b)to immediately delete, erase or otherwise destroy the relevant film or picture or relevant text or audio message;
to immediately surrender the relevant film or picture or the relevant text or audio message, or any equipment or device on which it is recorded, to the police officer;
to provide the police officer with information about the person or persons to whom the relevant film or picture or the relevant text or audio message has been communicated or how or from whom the relevant film or picture or the relevant text or audio message was acquired or received.
(3)
A direction under this section may be given orally, and if an oral direction is given by a police officer to a group of individuals, it is deemed to have been given to each member of the group if the oral direction is made in a manner that is likely to be audible to all the members of the group or as many of them as reasonably practicable.
(4)
A person directed by a police officer under this section commits an offence if the person, without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to comply with the direction of the police officer when required to do so.
(5)
A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (4) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.