3. Amendment of section 2

In the Protection from Scams Act, in section 2 —

before the definition of “bank”, insert —“ “account disabling order” means an order issued under section 6B(1) or (2);”;

replace the definition of “bank” with —“ “bank” and “bank in Singapore” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Banking Act 1970;”;

after the definition of “credit facility”, insert —“ “digital payment token account” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Payment Services Act 2019;“disable” has the meaning given by section 6C;“disclosure order” means an order issued under section 6G(1) or (2);“identified person” has the meaning given by section 6A(1);“identity card” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the National Registration Act 1965;“online account” means an account (including a free account and a prepaid account) on an online service;“online service” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Online Criminal Harms Act 2023;“payment account” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Payment Services Act 2019;“police officer” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Police Force Act 2004;”;

in the definition of “scam offence”, after “specified in”, insert “Part 1 of”;

after the definition of “scam victim”, insert —“ “scam‑enabling service” means any of the following services:

any service through which money or property may be deposited, held, transferred, received or withdrawn, including —

an account with a bank (including a bank in Singapore);

a payment account; or

a digital payment token account;

any service through which a person may communicate with any person other than the person providing the service, including —

a telephone line account; or

an online account;

any service of granting a credit facility or allowing a drawdown of a credit facility;

any secondary service that facilitates or enables the use of any service mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), including —

any web hosting service; or

any domain name registration service;

any other service that may be prescribed, being a service that may be used preparatory to, or in furtherance of, the commission of a scam-related offence;“scam‑related offence” means any offence specified in Part 2 of the Schedule;”; and

replace the definition of “specified officer” with —“ “service limitation order” means an order issued under section 6A(1);“service provider” means the provider of a scam‑enabling service;“Singapore public sector agency” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018;“specified officer” means a police officer, a Commercial Affairs Officer appointed under section 64(1) of the Police Force Act 2004 or a civilian specialist officer appointed under section 65C of that Act;“telecommunication service” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Telecommunications Act 1999;“telephone line account” means any telecommunication service to which a telephone number is allocated;“unique identification number” means a person’s identity card number, passport number or the number of any other similar document of identity issued by a government authority as evidence of the person’s nationality or place of residence, and includes a foreign identification number;“user”, in relation to any scam‑enabling service, means a person to whom the service is provided by a service provider.”.