Singapore legislation
Clause 5
Clause 5
New section 21A
The Administration of Justice (Protection) Act 2016 is amended by inserting, immediately after section 21, the following section:“No knowledge of making, etc., of recording of court proceedings21A. A person is not guilty of contempt of court under section 5(1)(aa), (b) or (c) in relation to the making, publication, transmission or use of a recording of a court proceeding, if —
(a)
the court proceeding was conducted through an electronic means of communication; and
(b)
the person did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that the person was making, publishing, transmitting or using a recording of a court proceeding.”.