Singapore legislation
Regulation 68
of Supreme Court of Judicature (Protection from Harassment) Rules 2021
Regulation 68
Service requirements
Subregulation 1
The court may give directions for the service of documents filed in PH proceedings, including directions on the means of service or for service out of jurisdiction, on the following persons:
the claimant or applicant, as the case may be;
an individual or entity against which a claim or an order is sought, or any other person who may reasonably be expected to be affected by the claim or application;
where a protection order requiring an internet intermediary to disable access to an alleged offending communication or any identical copy of an alleged offending communication is sought — a third party that published the alleged offending communication or any identical copy of the alleged offending communication by means of the internet intermediary;
(ca)where a protection order requiring an administrator of an online location to stop an alleged offending communication or any identical copy of an alleged offending communication from being published in Singapore at the online location is sought — a third party that published the alleged offending communication or any identical copy of the alleged offending communication at that online location;
where the claim is for a false statement order or an interim false statement order —
the author of the relevant statement to which that order relates; or
an individual or entity that published the relevant statement to which that order relates.
Subregulation 2
Where these Rules require any person to serve a document on another person under these Rules, the document must be served on that other person within 14 days (or any other period as directed by the court) after the date of filing of the document, unless otherwise provided by these Rules.