Singapore legislation
Clause 6
Clause 6
Amendment of section 5
Section 5 of the principal Act is amended —
by deleting the words “No person shall” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “An individual or entity must not”; (b)by deleting the words “referred to for the purposes of this section as” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “called in this section, except subsection (1A),”;
by deleting the words “referred to also for the purposes of this section as” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “also called in this section, except subsection (1A),”;
by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) An individual or entity must not by any means publish any identity information of another person (called in this subsection the victim) or a related person of the victim, either —
with the intent —
to cause the victim to believe that unlawful violence will be used against the victim or any other person; or
to facilitate the use of unlawful violence against the victim or any other person; or (b)knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that it is likely —
to cause the victim to believe that unlawful violence will be used against the victim or any other person; or
to facilitate the use of unlawful violence against the victim or any other person.”;
by deleting the words “person who contravenes subsection (1)” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “individual or entity that contravenes subsection (1) or (1A)”; (f)by deleting the words “accused person” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “accused individual or accused entity (called in this section the accused)”; (g)by deleting the word “he” in subsection (3)(a) and substituting the words “the accused”; (h)by deleting the word “him” in subsection (3)(a) and substituting the words “the accused”; (i)by deleting the word “his” in subsection (3)(b) and substituting the words “the accused’s”; (j)by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following Illustrations:“Illustrations(a) X and Y are classmates. X writes a post with threatening and abusive remarks against Y on a website accessible to all their classmates. X writes a subsequent post on the same website, stating Y’s identity information and stating “Everyone, let’s beat Y up!”. X is guilty of an offence under this section in respect of the subsequent post.(b) X writes a public post on a social media platform containing threats against Y. X publishes a subsequent public post stating A’s home address and a message “I know where you live”. X is guilty of an offence under this section relating to conduct mentioned in section 5(1A)(a)(i) if X intends the subsequent post to cause Y to believe that violence will be used against A, or an offence under this section relating to conduct mentioned in section 5(1A)(b)(i) if X knows that it is likely that Y will believe that violence will be used against Y as a result of X’s subsequent post.(c) X writes a post (on a social media platform to which Y does not have access) containing threats of violence against Y and calling others to “hunt him down and teach him a lesson”. B posts Y’s home address in reply to X’s post. B is guilty of an offence under this section.”; and
by deleting the words “or provocation” in the section heading and substituting the words “, provocation or facilitation”.