Singapore legislation
Clause 86
Clause 86
Tort of inauthentic material abuse
(1)
A person (X) must not make any communication that constitutes inauthentic material abuse by communicating material that X knew or had reasonable grounds to believe was inauthentic material of a victim.
(2)
If X contravenes subsection (1), the victim of the inauthentic material 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; or
that X had reasonable grounds to believe that the victim consented to the communication of the inauthentic material.
(4)
In this section —
Definition
“inauthentic material” has the meaning given by section 16(2);
Definition
“victim”, in relation to inauthentic material abuse, means the victim mentioned in section 16(1).