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Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 · Updated to 5 Dec 2025 · Part 3 · Directions Against Harmful Foreign Online Communications Activity

43. Service of Part 3 directions

(1)

A Part 3 direction that is addressed to a person is sufficiently served if it is —

(a)

delivered personally to the person by a competent authority; or

(b)

served in the manner prescribed in section 121 or in any other appropriate manner.

(2)

A Part 3 direction that is addressed to a class of persons is sufficiently served if it is —

(a)

served on each of the persons in the class in accordance with subsection (1); or

(b)

published both —

(i)

in a daily newspaper circulating in Singapore or in any other news media that, in the opinion of the competent authority, will be most likely to bring the direction to the attention of the persons who belong to the class; and

(ii)

on the competent authority’s official website.

(3)

A Part 3 direction that is addressed to a public authority is sufficiently served if it is served on the chief executive (however described) of the public authority in accordance with subsection (1).

(4)

A Part 3 direction that is served —

(a)

in accordance with subsection (1) takes effect when it is served;

(b)

in accordance with subsection (2)(a) takes effect when it is served on all the persons in the class in question; and

(c)

in accordance with subsection (2)(b) takes effect at the beginning of the day after the date on which subsection (2)(b) has been complied with.

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