Singapore legislation
Clause 50
Clause 50
Notice requiring compliance
(1)
If, whether upon a review of a report given pursuant to a code of practice or otherwise, the Competent Authority is of the opinion that a digital advertising intermediary or an internet intermediary (called in this section the intermediary) to whom a code of practice applies had not complied with or complied fully with any part of the code, the Competent Authority may give the intermediary a notice —
setting out details of the non‑compliance; and
directing the intermediary to take such steps, whether in or outside Singapore, and within a specified time, as may be necessary to remedy the non‑compliance.
(2)
A notice under subsection (1) may be served by such means (including electronic means) as may be prescribed —
on the intermediary to whom it is issued; or
a person in Singapore that the intermediary has appointed to accept service on the intermediary’s behalf.
(3)
An intermediary to whom a notice is issued and served who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the notice, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or
in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $1 million,and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $100,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.