Singapore legislation

Clause 19

of Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill

Clause 19

New section 43A

The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 43, the following section:“Duty of checkers43A.—

(1)

This section applies to a person (called the checker) that, for reward, provides to another person (P) information on whether a Singapore telephone number is listed in the relevant register (called in this section the applicable information) for the purpose of P’s compliance with section 43(1), other than —

(a)

the Commission;

(b)

an individual who is an employee of P; and

(c)

an individual who is an employee or agent of a checker.(2) A checker must —

(a)

ensure that the applicable information provided to P is accurate; and

(b)

provide the applicable information to P in accordance with any prescribed requirements.(3) A checker is deemed to have complied with subsection (2)(a) if —

(a)

the applicable information that the checker provides to P is in accordance with a reply from the Commission in response to the checker’s application under section 40(2); and

(b)

the checker provides the applicable information to P before the expiry of the prescribed period mentioned in section 43(2)(b)(i).”.