Online Criminal Harms Act 2023 · Updated to 15 Sep 2026 · Part 10 · Powers to Obtain Information
48. Information on online activity in furtherance of specified offence, etc.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Where a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant or an enforcement officer reasonably suspects that —
a specified offence has been committed; and
any online activity in furtherance of the offence has occurred (whether in Singapore or outside Singapore) on or through an online service or through an online account or at an online location,the police officer or enforcement officer (as the case may be) may, by written notice, require the provider of the online service or the proprietor of the online location to provide all or any of the following information (whichever is applicable, whether stored in Singapore or outside Singapore) in the form and manner and within the time specified in the notice:
information about the online activity that occurred on or through the provider’s online service or at the proprietor’s online location, as the case may be;
information about any online account, or the proprietor of an online account, through which the online activity was conducted;
any other information to assist in investigations or criminal proceedings relating to the specified offence.
In this section —
“enforcement officer” means —
any person who is authorised in writing by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this section; or
any officer of a prescribed law enforcement agency who is authorised in writing, by the head of that law enforcement agency, for the purposes of this section;
“prescribed law enforcement agency” means a law enforcement agency prescribed, by order in the Gazette, by the Minister.
Terms defined in s 2
online activity
Defined · s 2“online activity” means any activity conducted by means of the internet, and regulations may clarify the types of activities that are online activities;
online location
Defined · s 2“online location” means any internet domain, website, webpage, chatroom, channel, group, forum or any other location, that can be accessed by means of the internet;
online service
Defined · s 2“online service” means the whole or any part of any service on or through which online activity can be conducted and which can be accessed by means of the internet, and regulations may clarify the types of services that are online services;
specified offence
Defined · s 2“specified offence” means an offence specified in Part 1 of the First Schedule;
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