Singapore legislation
Section 25
of Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019
Section 25
Provisions applicable to all Part 4 Directions and Remedial Orders
(1)
A Part 4 Direction or Remedial Order may be issued to a person whether the person is in or outside Singapore.
(2)
A Part 4 Direction or Remedial Order may require a person to whom it is issued to do an act in or outside Singapore.
(3)
A Part 4 Direction must identify in sufficient detail the subject material and the subject statement.
(4)
A Part 4 Direction or Remedial Order remains in effect until the date it expires (if any), it is set aside under section 29 (if applicable) or it is cancelled under section 31.
(5)
A person who is issued a Part 4 Direction or Remedial Order is responsible for the costs of complying with the Direction.
(6)
A person (A) to whom a General Correction Direction is issued may bring civil proceedings in a court against a person (B) who is the author of the subject statement and who communicated in Singapore the subject material, to recover the costs reasonably incurred by A to comply with the Direction.
(7)
In such proceedings, the court, if it is satisfied on a balance of probabilities that B has contravened section 7 when communicating the subject material in Singapore, may award to A such damages for those costs as the court, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, thinks just and equitable.