Section 22 — Eligibility to make report

(1)A victim of an alleged online harmful activity (other than incitement of enmity and incitement of violence) who is —

(a)a citizen of Singapore;

(b)a permanent resident of Singapore; or

(c)a person who has a prescribed connection to Singapore, is eligible to make a report to the Commissioner about the alleged online harmful activity.

(2)The following persons are eligible to make a report to the Commissioner on behalf of a victim mentioned in subsection (1):

(a)where the victim is below 18 years of age, the victim’s parent or guardian;

(b)a person (including a public agency) of such description as may be prescribed, and different descriptions of persons may be prescribed in relation to each type or description of online harmful activity;

(c)a person (including a public agency) whom or which the Commissioner is satisfied has obtained the written authorisation or written consent to make the report on behalf of the victim.

(3)A person is eligible to make a report to the Commissioner about any alleged incitement of enmity or incitement of violence if the person —

(a)is a citizen of Singapore, a permanent resident of Singapore or a person who has a prescribed connection to Singapore; and

(b)fulfils the requirements that are prescribed in relation to the report on alleged incitement of enmity or incitement of violence, as the case may be.

(4)In this section, “victim” means the victim mentioned —

(a)in Part 3, in the definition of the type of online harmful activity that is the subject of the report mentioned in subsection (1); or

(b)in the definition of any prescribed type of online harmful activity mentioned in paragraph (n) of the definition of “online harmful activity” in section 3(1).