Singapore legislation

Regulation 7

of Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Regulations 2023

Regulation 7

Class 3 must‑carry direction and remedial must‑carry direction

Subregulation 1

A Class 3 must‑carry direction may impose the following requirements on the recipient so as to cause a mandatory message in the direction to be published in Singapore:

(a)

if the recipient is a provider of a social media service or relevant electronic service — a requirement to communicate or distribute the mandatory message in a way specified in the direction —

(i)

to all end‑users who use that service at any time after a time specified in the direction; or

(ii)

to a description of end‑users in sub‑paragraph (i) as specified in the must‑carry direction;

(b)

if the recipient is a provider of a telecommunication service who holds a licence under section 5 of the Telecommunications Act 1999 — a requirement to transmit the mandatory message by means of the telecommunication service —

(i)

to all end‑users who use that service at any time after a time specified in the direction; or

(ii)

to a description of end‑users in sub‑paragraph (i) as specified in the direction;

(c)

if the recipient is a person who is authorised by a permit under section 21 of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act 1974 to publish (for sale or otherwise) a newspaper in Singapore — a requirement to publish the mandatory message in a newspaper or printed publication specified in the direction by a time specified in the direction;

(d)

if the recipient is a person who is authorised by a licence under section 8 of the Broadcasting Act 1994 to provide a licensable broadcasting service in or from Singapore — a requirement to broadcast the mandatory message by a time specified in the direction.

Subregulation 2

Paragraph (1) applies, with the necessary modifications, to a remedial must‑carry direction for a failure to comply with a Class 3 must‑carry direction.