Singapore legislation
Clause 444
Clause 444
Use of Internet websites by relevant officeholder
(1)
A relevant officeholder required to give, deliver or send a document to any person may (other than in a case where personal service is required) satisfy that requirement by sending that person a notice —
stating that the document is available for viewing and downloading on an Internet website;
specifying the address of that Internet website together with any password necessary to view and download the document from that site; and
containing a statement that the person to whom the notice is given, delivered or sent may request a hard copy of the document and that specifies an electronic address to which a request for hard copy may be sent.
(2)
Where a notice is sent under subsection (1), the document to which the notice relates must —
be available on the Internet website for a period of not less than 3 months after the date on which the notice is sent; and
must be in such a format as to enable the document to be downloaded from the Internet website within a reasonable time of an electronic request being made for the document to be downloaded.
(3)
Where a hard copy of the document is requested, it must be sent within 7 days of the receipt of the request by the relevant officeholder.
(4)
A relevant officeholder must not, unless provided otherwise by regulations, require a person making a request under subsection (3) to pay a fee for the supply of the document.
(5)
Where a document is given, delivered or sent to a person by means of an Internet website in accordance with this section, it is deemed to have been delivered at the later of the following times:
the time when the document was first made available on the Internet website;
the time when the notice under subsection (1) was delivered to that person.