Singapore legislation
Clause 99
Clause 99
Reliefs and remedies against respondents in proceedings under Part 10, 11 or 12
(1)
Without affecting sections 96, 97 and 98, in any proceedings brought under Part 10, 11 or 12, the court may grant any relief or remedy against the respondent that the court may, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, think just and equitable, including but not limited to the orders set out in subsections (2), (3) and (4).
(2)
The court may order the respondent in any civil proceedings brought under section 83(2), 84(2), 85(2), 86(2), 87(2) or 88(2) to do all or any combination of the following:
to remove any specified material or any online material similar to it such that the material cannot be accessed by persons in Singapore;
to stop storing, posting, providing or transmitting any specified material or any online material similar to it such that the material cannot be accessed by persons in Singapore;
to suspend, remove, delete or terminate a specified online location such that the online location cannot be accessed by persons in Singapore;
to stop conducting any online activity in relation to the victim as may be specified in the order.
(3)
The court may order the respondent in any civil proceedings brought under section 90(3) and 91(5) to do all or any combination of the following:
to remove any specified material or any online material similar to it such that the material cannot be accessed by persons in Singapore;
to suspend, remove, delete or terminate a specified online location such that the online location cannot be accessed by persons in Singapore;
to disallow or restrict a specified Singapore account from accessing a specified online location;
to refrain from developing and maintaining, or otherwise administering an online location (accessible by end‑users in Singapore) that is similar to the specified online location mentioned in paragraph (b).
(4)
The court may order the respondent in any civil proceedings brought under section 94(5) to do all or any combination of the following:
to disable access by end‑users in Singapore to the specified material or any online material identical to it that is stored, posted, provided or transmitted on or through the online service provider’s online service;
to disable access by end‑users in Singapore to a specified online location on the online service provider’s online service;
to disallow interaction between a specified online account on the online service provider’s online service from interacting with end‑users in Singapore or to restrict such interactions;
to disallow a specified Singapore account from accessing a specified online location on the online service provider’s online service or to restrict such access;
to disallow a specified person from establishing or maintaining an online account on the online service provider’s online service that can interact with end‑users in Singapore.
(5)
The court may in any civil proceedings brought under section 92 or 95 —
declare that the online harm notice that is the subject of the proceedings brought under section 92 or 95 is frivolous or false in a material way; and
order the respondent to stop sending any further online harm notice that is the subject of those proceedings.
(6)
To avoid doubt —
subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) does not prevent the court from making any variation of the orders mentioned in that subsection or any other order that the court may make under any written law; and
in this section, material that is similar to specified material includes material that is identical to the specified material.