Singapore legislation
Clause 83
Clause 83
Tort of intimate image abuse
(1)
A person (X) must not make any communication that constitutes intimate image abuse.
(2)
If X contravenes subsection (1), the victim of the intimate image abuse may bring civil proceedings in a court against X.
(3)
In any proceedings mentioned in subsection (2), it is a defence for X to prove —
that X’s conduct was reasonable;
that X had reasonable grounds to believe that the victim consented to the communication of the intimate image or recording; or
that X did not know and had no reason to suspect that the material that X had communicated was an intimate image or recording.
(4)
In this section —
Definition
“intimate image or recording” has the meaning given by section 13(2);
Definition
“victim”, in relation to intimate image abuse, means the victim mentioned in section 13(1).