Section 24 — Proscribed online location — declaration

(1)The Minister may declare an online location with a Singapore link as a proscribed online location if a Part 3 direction (except a technical assistance direction or an app removal direction) is given in relation to any information or material included or otherwise on, or any service provided from, the online location.

(2)A declaration under this section ceases to have effect on a date specified, or worked out by a formula specified, in the declaration, which must not in any case be more than 2 years in total after the making of the declaration.

(3)Once a declaration is made and before the date it comes into effect, the competent authority must —

(a)publish a notice of the making of the declaration in a manner as will secure adequate publicity for the fact of making of the declaration —

(i)stating that a declaration has been made under this section; and

(ii)setting out the URL, domain name, or any other unique identifier of the online location, to which the declaration relates; and

(b)make reasonable efforts to give a copy of the declaration to the proprietor of the proscribed online location.

(4)However, failure to publish a notice under subsection (3) in respect of any declaration does not invalidate the declaration.