§ 40 — Providing support to proscribed online location

40.—(1) A person commits an offence if —(a)

the person, whether in or outside Singapore, expends or applies any property knowing or having reason to believe that the expenditure or application supports, helps or promotes the publishing in Singapore of any information or material on an online location;

(b)

the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the online location is a proscribed online location; and

(c)

the person knows or has reason to believe that the information or material published in Singapore on that online location —(i)

is or is likely to be prejudicial to the security of Singapore or any part of Singapore;

(ii)

is or is likely to be prejudicial to public health, public safety, public tranquillity or public finances;

(iii)

is or is likely to be prejudicial to the friendly relations of Singapore with other countries;

(iv)

incites or is likely to incite feelings of enmity, hatred or ill‑will between different groups of people in Singapore which may endanger the public peace and public order of Singapore;

(v)

diminishes or is likely to diminish public confidence in the performance of any duty or function of, or in the exercise of any power by, the Government or a public authority, or a part of the Government or public authority; or

(vi)

is or is likely to be directed towards a political end in Singapore.

(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —(a)

if the person is an individual, to a fine not exceeding $40,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both; or

(b)

in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $500,000.

(3) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a service provider or a digital advertising intermediary which gives any consideration for the purpose of communicating any paid content in Singapore on the declared online location.

(4) In this section, “property” means money and all other property, movable or immovable, including things in action and other intangible or incorporeal property.

—(1) A person commits an offence if —(a)

the person, whether in or outside Singapore, expends or applies any property knowing or having reason to believe that the expenditure or application supports, helps or promotes the publishing in Singapore of any information or material on an online location;

(b)

the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the online location is a proscribed online location; and

(c)

the person knows or has reason to believe that the information or material published in Singapore on that online location —(i)

is or is likely to be prejudicial to the security of Singapore or any part of Singapore;

(ii)

is or is likely to be prejudicial to public health, public safety, public tranquillity or public finances;

(iii)

is or is likely to be prejudicial to the friendly relations of Singapore with other countries;

(iv)

incites or is likely to incite feelings of enmity, hatred or ill‑will between different groups of people in Singapore which may endanger the public peace and public order of Singapore;

(v)

diminishes or is likely to diminish public confidence in the performance of any duty or function of, or in the exercise of any power by, the Government or a public authority, or a part of the Government or public authority; or

(vi)

is or is likely to be directed towards a political end in Singapore.

(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —(a)

if the person is an individual, to a fine not exceeding $40,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both; or

(b)

in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $500,000.

(3) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a service provider or a digital advertising intermediary which gives any consideration for the purpose of communicating any paid content in Singapore on the declared online location.

(4) In this section, “property” means money and all other property, movable or immovable, including things in action and other intangible or incorporeal property.