Singapore legislation
Clause 16
Clause 16
Amendment of section 78
In the principal Act, in section 78(2), after paragraph (a), insert —“(aa)the regulation of any advertisement of regulated goods (whether or not originating in Singapore) accessible by a person physically present in Singapore (called in this paragraph a person in Singapore), including —
any information relating to the energy efficiency of the goods that must be contained in any such advertisement;
the prohibition of any advertisement with respect to which any prescribed requirement is not complied with (called in this paragraph a non‑compliant advertisement); and
requirements in relation to the prevention of publication, rectification or withdrawal of any non‑compliant advertisement (including the removal of any non‑compliant advertisement or the disabling of access by a person in Singapore to any non‑compliant advertisement, if published on the Internet) and the person in Singapore or person with a business establishment in Singapore that must comply with such requirements;
(ab)the circumstances in which a person —
that imports or manufactures regulated goods for supply in Singapore, and subsequently uses or permits another person to use those regulated goods for a purpose other than for such supply; or
that imports goods for the person’s own use, and subsequently —
uses those goods in circumstances where the import would (if it had been for or under those circumstances) have been a prohibited import of regulated goods under section 12(1)(b); or
permits another person to use those goods in prescribed circumstances,commits an offence;”.