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Protection from Harassment Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Actions and Orders

15B. Correction order

Amended

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

(1)

A court may, on an application by the subject of an alleged false statement of fact (called in this section a relevant statement), make a correction order against an individual or entity (called in this section the respondent), if —

(a)

the court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that —

(i)

the respondent has published the relevant statement; and (ii)the relevant statement is a false statement of fact; and

(b)

it is just and equitable in the circumstances to make the correction order.

(2)

A correction order may be made against a respondent even if the respondent does not know or have reason to believe that the relevant statement is false.

(3)

A correction order may require the respondent to publish in Singapore a correction notice, within a specified time —

(a)

to any specified person or description of persons; and

(b)

in a specified form and manner, which may include publication —

(i)

at a specified online location or in a specified newspaper or other printed publication of Singapore; or (ii)in specified proximity to every copy of the relevant statement, or of any substantially similar statement, that is published by the respondent.

(4)

A correction notice must contain all or any of the following as may be specified in the correction order:

(a)

a statement, in such terms as may be specified, that the court has determined the relevant statement is false, or that such material as may be specified contains a false statement of fact;

(b)

a statement, in such terms as may be specified, correcting the false statement of fact, or a reference to a specified location where such a statement may be found.

(5)

In this section —

(a)

“specified” means specified in the correction order; and

(b)

the respondent does not publish a statement merely by doing any act for the purpose of, or that is incidental to, the provision of —

(i)

an internet intermediary service;

(ii)

a telecommunication service; (iii)a service of giving the public access to the internet; or

(iv)

a computing resource service.

(6)

To avoid doubt, in this section, a statement that is substantially similar to the relevant statement includes a statement that is identical to the relevant statement.

Terms defined in s 2

computing resource service
Defined · s 2
“computing resource service” means a service that provides processing capability or storage capacity through the use of any computer hardware or software;
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correction order
Defined · s 2
“correction order” means an order made under section 15B;
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court
Defined · s 2
“court”, for the purposes of sections 12 and 13 and Division 2 of Part 3, means a District Court (including the Protection from Harassment Court) or a Family Court;
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entity
Defined · s 2
“entity” means any company or association or body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporate), but excludes any public agency;
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internet intermediary service
Defined · s 2
“internet intermediary service” means —(a)a service that allows end‑users to access materials originating from third parties, using the internet;(b)a service of transmitting materials to end‑users on or through the internet; or(c)a service of displaying, to an end-user who uses the service to make an online search, an index of search results, each of which links that end‑user to content hosted or stored at a location which is separate from the location of the index of search results,but excludes any act done for the purpose of or that is incidental to the provision of —(d)a service of giving the public access to the internet; or(e)a computing resource service; Examples Examples of internet intermediary services are — (a)social networking services; (b)search engine services; (c)content aggregation services; (d)internet‑based messaging services; and (e)video‑sharing services.
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material
Defined · s 2
“material” means anything that consists of or contains a statement; Examples Examples of a material are a message, a post, an article, a speech, a picture, a video recording and a sound recording.
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online location
Defined · s 2
“online location” means any internet website, webpage, chatroom or forum, or any other thing that is hosted on a computer (within the meaning of the Computer Misuse Act 1993) and can be seen, heard or otherwise perceived by means of the internet;
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publish
Defined · s 2
“publish”, in relation to a communication or statement, means to make the communication or statement available in any form such that the communication or statement is or can be heard, seen or otherwise perceived by the public in Singapore or a member of the public in Singapore, and includes cause to be published;
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statement
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“statement” means any words (including abbreviations and initials), numbers, image (moving or otherwise), sounds, symbols or other representation, or a combination of any of these;
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15B. Correction order

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