Information for administration
47. A designated officer, the competent authority or an authorised officer may, by written notice, require any person to whom a Part 2 direction, a notice of designation as a designated online service, a code application notice, a rectification notice, an implementation directive or a Part 6 order may be given to provide, in the form and manner and within the time specified in the notice, any information (whether stored in Singapore or outside Singapore) necessary for the administration of this Act.
Information on online activity in furtherance of specified offence, etc.
48.—(1) Where a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant or an enforcement officer reasonably suspects that —(a)
a specified offence has been committed; and
(b)
any online activity in furtherance of the offence has occurred (whether in Singapore or outside Singapore) on or through an online service or through an online account or at an online location,
the police officer or enforcement officer (as the case may be) may, by written notice, require the provider of the online service or the proprietor of the online location to provide all or any of the following information (whichever is applicable, whether stored in Singapore or outside Singapore) in the form and manner and within the time specified in the notice:
(c)
information about the online activity that occurred on or through the provider’s online service or at the proprietor’s online location, as the case may be;
(d)
information about any online account, or the proprietor of an online account, through which the online activity was conducted;
(e)
any other information to assist in investigations or criminal proceedings relating to the specified offence.
(2) In this section —“enforcement officer” means —(a)
any person who is authorised in writing by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this section; or
(b)
any officer of a prescribed law enforcement agency who is authorised in writing, by the head of that law enforcement agency, for the purposes of this section;
“prescribed law enforcement agency” means a law enforcement agency prescribed, by order in the Gazette, by the Minister.
Written notice may be given to persons outside Singapore, etc.
49. A written notice under section 47 or 48 may be given to —(a)
any individual whether or not a resident or citizen of Singapore, whether physically present in Singapore or outside Singapore, and whether carrying on a business or operating in Singapore or outside Singapore; or
(b)
any entity whether formed, constituted or registered in Singapore or outside Singapore, and whether carrying on a business or operating in Singapore or outside Singapore.
