Singapore legislation
Section 33
of Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act 2019
Section 33
Access blocking order
(1)
This section applies where —
paid content included on a declared online location is communicated in Singapore after a prescribed period starting on the date the Declaration concerned came into effect; and
the Minister is satisfied that after the date the Declaration came into effect, one or more end‑users in Singapore have used or are using the services of an internet access service provider to access the declared online location.
(2)
This section also applies where —
the owner or operator of a declared online location did not comply with a requirement mentioned in section 32(3)(f) that is specified in the Declaration concerned; and
the Minister is satisfied that after the date the Declaration came into effect, one or more end‑users in Singapore have used or are using the services of an internet access service provider to access the declared online location.
(3)
The Minister may direct the IMDA to order the internet access service provider to take reasonable steps to disable access by end‑users in Singapore to the declared online location (called in this section an access blocking order), and the IMDA must give the internet access service provider an access blocking order.
(4)
An internet access service provider that fails to comply with an access blocking order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 for each day during any part of which that order is not fully complied with, up to a total of $500,000.
(5)
No civil or criminal liability is incurred by an internet access service provider or an officer, employee or agent of such provider, for anything done or omitted to be done with reasonable care and in good faith in complying with an access blocking order.