Singapore legislation
Clause 15
Clause 15
New section 27A
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 27, the following section:“Restriction on publication of information leading to identification of child or young person who is subject of investigation, etc.27A.—
No person shall, without the Director’s approval, publish or broadcast any information that identifies, or is likely to lead to the identification of any child or young person as a child or young person —
who has been or is the subject of any investigation under this Act;
who has been taken into care or custody by the Director, a protector or a police officer under this Act; or
who is the subject of an order made by a court under this Act.(2) If any information or picture is published or broadcast in contravention of subsection (1) —
in the case of the publication of any information or picture as part of a newspaper or periodical publication, every proprietor, editor, publisher or distributor thereof;
in the case of the publication of any information or picture otherwise than as part of a newspaper or periodical publication, the person who publishes or distributes it; or
in the case of the broadcast of any information or picture, every person who transmits or provides the programme in which the information or picture is broadcast and every person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of the editor of a newspaper or periodical publication,shall jointly be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.(3) In this section, “broadcast” and “publish” have the same meanings as in section 35(5).”.