Protection from Harassment Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Actions and Orders
15CB. Correction (administrator) order
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A court may, on an application by the subject of an alleged false statement of fact (called in this section the relevant statement), make a correction (administrator) order against an administrator of an online location (called in this section the respondent) if —
court
“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;
the court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that —
any material consisting of or containing the relevant statement has been or is being published on the online location; and
the relevant statement is a false statement of fact; and
it is just and equitable in the circumstances to make the correction (administrator) order.
A correction (administrator) order may require the respondent to publish in Singapore a correction (administrator) notice, within a specified time —
publish
“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;
to any specified person or description of persons; and
in a specified form and manner, which may include publication at a specified online location, or in specified proximity to every copy of the specified material published on the online location administered by the respondent that consists of or contains the relevant statement.
A correction (administrator) notice must contain all or any of the following as may be specified in the correction (administrator) order:
a statement, in such terms as may be specified, that the court has determined the specified material consists of or contains a false statement of fact;
a statement, in such terms as may be specified, correcting the false statement of fact, or a reference to a specified location where the statement may be found.
In this section, “specified” means specified in the correction (administrator) order.