§ 29 — Types of Part 3 directions

29. The Part 3 directions and the persons to whom they may be given are in the table below:Item

Direction

Recipient may be

1.

Stop communication (end‑user) direction

A particular person, or particular end‑user of a social media service or relevant electronic service or an internet access service.

2.

Disabling direction

A provider of a social media service.

A provider of a relevant electronic service.

3.

Class 1 must‑carry direction

A particular person, or particular end‑user to whom a stop communication (end‑user) direction is given.

Any other particular person, or particular end‑user of a social media service or relevant electronic service or an internet access service.

4.

Class 2 must‑carry direction

A provider of a social media service.

A provider of a relevant electronic service.

5.

Class 3 must‑carry direction

A provider of a social media service.

A provider of a relevant electronic service.

A provider of a telecommunication service who holds a licence under section 5 of the Telecommunications Act 1999.

A person who is authorised by a permit under section 21 of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act 1974 to publish (for sale or otherwise) a newspaper in Singapore.

A person who is authorised by a licence under section 8 of the Broadcasting Act 1994 to provide a licensable broadcasting service in or from Singapore.

A provider of a prescribed service that is likely to bring the giving of a Class 3 must‑carry direction to the attention of the public.

6.

Class 4 must‑carry direction

A proprietor of a proscribed online location.

7.

Remedial must‑carry direction

A person to whom a Class 2 must‑carry direction or a Class 3 must‑carry direction is given and who has failed to comply with the direction in a rectifiable way.

8.

Class 1 access blocking direction

A provider of an internet access service.

9.

Class 2 access blocking direction

A provider of an internet access service by means of which information or material on the proscribed online location continues to be published in Singapore.

A provider of a social media service or a relevant electronic service by means of which one or more end‑users in Singapore have used or are using the same to access information or material on the proscribed online location.

10.

Account restriction direction

A provider of a social media service.

A provider of a relevant electronic service.

11.

Service restriction direction

A provider of a social media service.

A provider of a relevant electronic service.

A provider of an internet access service with a Singapore link.

12.

Technical assistance direction

A provider of a social media service.

A provider of a relevant electronic service.

A provider of an internet access service with a Singapore link.

A provider of a hosting service.

A provider of an app distribution service.

A proprietor of an online location.

13.

App removal direction

A provider of an app distribution service.

14.

Disgorgement direction

A citizen of Singapore, whether or not resident in Singapore and whether or not a Part 4 politically significant person.

An individual who is not a citizen of Singapore but is resident in Singapore.

A partnership carrying on a business in Singapore and registered under the Business Names Registration Act 2014.

A body corporate that is registered under the Companies Act 1967 or the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005.

An association (whether incorporate or not) that is registered under the Co‑operative Societies Act 1979, the Societies Act 1966, the Trade Unions Act 1940 or the Platform Workers Act 2024.

[Act 30 of 2024 wef 01/11/2024]