Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
Regulation 8
Prohibition against false threats of terrorist acts
Subregulation 1
No person in Singapore and no citizen of Singapore outside Singapore shall communicate or make available by any means any information which he knows or believes to be false to another person with the intention of inducing in him or any other person a false belief that a terrorist act has been, is being or will be carried out.
Subregulation 2
No person in Singapore and no citizen of Singapore outside Singapore shall place any article or substance in any place whatsoever with the intention of inducing in some other person a false belief that —
the article or substance is likely to explode or ignite and thereby cause personal injury or damage to property; or
the article contains or the substance consists of —
any dangerous, hazardous, radioactive or harmful substance;
any toxic chemical; or
any microbial or other biological agent, or toxin,that is likely to cause death, disease or personal injury or damage to property.
Subregulation 3
No person in Singapore and no citizen of Singapore outside Singapore shall despatch any article or substance by post, rail or any other means whatever of sending things from one place to another with the intention of inducing in some other person a false belief that —
the article or substance is likely to explode or ignite and thereby cause personal injury or damage to property; or
the article contains or the substance consists of —
any dangerous, hazardous, radioactive or harmful substance;
any toxic chemical; or
any microbial or other biological agent, or toxin,that is likely to cause death, disease or personal injury or damage to property.
Subregulation 4
For the purposes of paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), a reference to a person inducing in any other person a false belief does not require the first-mentioned person to have any particular person in mind as the person in whom he intends to induce the false belief.