Protection from Harassment Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Actions and Orders
16B. Interim notification order
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A court may make an interim notification order against the respondent in relation to an application for a correction order or a stop publication order 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 that there is prima facie evidence that —
the respondent published or continues to publish the relevant statement; (ii)the relevant statement is a false statement of fact; and
the publication of the relevant statement by the respondent has caused or is likely to cause the subject harm; and
it is just and equitable in the circumstances to make the interim notification order.
An interim notification order may require the respondent to publish an interim notice, within a specified time —
interim notification order
“interim notification order” means an order made under section 16B;
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 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.
An interim notice must —
state that there is a pending application for a correction order or a stop publication order or both (as the case may be) in respect of the relevant statement; and
be in such form and published in such manner as may be specified in the interim notification order.
Section 15B(2) and (5) applies to an interim notification order as it applies to a correction order.
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.
statement
“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;