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Part 6A · Offences Relating to Misuse of Sim Cards

39A. Interpretation of this Part

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Last amended by an amending law of 2025. 2 amendments in all.

(1)

In this Part —

“compromised SIM card” means a SIM card that has been used either —

(a)

to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, a criminal offence; or

(b)

to cause, or to facilitate the causing of, wrongful gain or wrongful loss to any person;

“personal information” means any information, whether true or not, about a person of a type that is commonly used alone or in combination with other information to identify or purport to identify a person, including (but not limited to) biometric data, name, address, date of birth, unique identification number, a written, electronic or digital signature, user authentication code, credit card or debit card number, and password;

“retailer” means a person who, in the course of trade or business, provides the service of registering SIM cards for consumers;

“scam offence” means any offence specified in the Schedule;

“SIM card” means a prepaid or postpaid subscriber identification module (SIM) card (whether in physical or digital form) issued with a Singapore telephone number, but does not include a SIM card that is expired or that has been terminated;

“telecommunication licensee” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Telecommunications Act 1999;

“unique identification number” means —

(a)

in relation to an individual — an identity card number, passport number or the number of any other similar document of identity issued by a government authority as evidence of the individual’s nationality or place of residence, and includes a foreign identification number; and

(b)

in relation to an entity —

(i)

if incorporated or registered in Singapore, its Unique Entity Number (UEN); or

(ii)

if not incorporated or registered in Singapore, its foreign incorporation or registration number;

“unregistered SIM card” means a SIM card that has not been registered with a telecommunication licensee using a person’s personal information.

(2)

In this Part, a reference to a person doing an act for any gain is a reference to the person doing the act for any gain —

(a)

whether or not the gain is a wrongful gain;

(b)

whether or not the gain is realised; and

(c)

whether the gain is to that person or to another person.

(3)

For the purposes of this Part —

(a)

a reference to a person (A) buying, renting, borrowing or receiving a SIM card from another person (B) includes a reference to A buying, renting, borrowing or receiving from B —

(i)

a mobile telephone or any other device containing the SIM card; or

(ii)

a means (such as an application, a code or a link) through which the SIM card in digital form can be downloaded; and

(b)

a reference to A providing, selling, renting, lending or supplying a SIM card to B includes a reference to A providing, selling, renting, lending or supplying to B —

(i)

a mobile telephone or any other device containing the SIM card; or

(ii)

a means (such as an application, a code or a link) through which the SIM card in digital form can be downloaded.IllustrationA registers for an eSIM using A’s personal information, and obtains a QR code which A can use to download the eSIM onto A’s phone. A provides the QR code to B for B to download the eSIM onto B’s phone. A has provided the eSIM to B.

Report

Read on from s 39B

Part 7

Miscellaneous

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