Register
39.—(1) The Commission must cause to be kept and maintained one or more registers of Singapore telephone numbers, each known as a Do Not Call Register, for the purposes of this Part.(2) Each register must be kept in such form and must contain such particulars as the Commission thinks fit.
(3) The Commission may authorise another person to maintain any register, on its behalf, subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Commission may think fit.
—(1) The Commission must cause to be kept and maintained one or more registers of Singapore telephone numbers, each known as a Do Not Call Register, for the purposes of this Part.
(2) Each register must be kept in such form and must contain such particulars as the Commission thinks fit.
(3) The Commission may authorise another person to maintain any register, on its behalf, subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Commission may think fit.
Applications
40.—(1) A subscriber may apply to the Commission, in the form and manner prescribed —(a)
to add his or her Singapore telephone number to a register; or
(b)
to remove his or her Singapore telephone number from a register.
(2) Any person may apply to the Commission, in the form and manner required by the Commission, to confirm whether any Singapore telephone number is listed in a register.
—(1) A subscriber may apply to the Commission, in the form and manner prescribed —(a)
to add his or her Singapore telephone number to a register; or
(b)
to remove his or her Singapore telephone number from a register.
(2) Any person may apply to the Commission, in the form and manner required by the Commission, to confirm whether any Singapore telephone number is listed in a register.
Evidence
41. A certificate purporting to be signed by the Chief Executive of the Authority or an authorised officer and stating that a Singapore telephone number was or was not listed in a register at a date specified in the certificate is admissible as evidence of its contents in any proceedings.[22/2016]
Information on terminated Singapore telephone number
42.—(1) Every telecommunications service provider must report to the Commission, in the form and manner prescribed, all terminated Singapore telephone numbers.(2) A telecommunications service provider which contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
(3) In this section, “terminated Singapore telephone number” means —(a)
a Singapore telephone number to which the following apply:(i)
the Singapore telephone number has been allocated to a subscriber;
(ii)
the telecommunications service associated with the Singapore telephone number has been terminated by the subscriber or telecommunications service provider; and
(iii)
the Singapore telephone number has not been allocated to a different subscriber; or
(b)
any other telephone numbers and circumstances as may be prescribed.
(4) For the purpose of subsection (1), where —(a)
a Singapore telephone number has been allocated to a subscriber by a telecommunications service provider (called in this subsection the first provider);
(b)
the telecommunications service associated with the Singapore telephone number has been terminated by the subscriber;
(c)
the subscriber contracts for a telecommunications service associated with the Singapore telephone number with another telecommunications service provider (called in this subsection the subsequent provider);
(d)
the telecommunications service mentioned in paragraph (c) has been terminated by the subscriber or the subsequent provider; and
(e)
the Singapore telephone number has not subsequently been allocated to any subscriber,
it is the responsibility of the first provider to satisfy subsection (1).
(5) Without affecting the obligations of the telecommunications service provider under subsections (1) to (4), the Commission must pay the prescribed fees to the telecommunications service provider for each terminated Singapore telephone number reported to the Commission in accordance with this section.
—(1) Every telecommunications service provider must report to the Commission, in the form and manner prescribed, all terminated Singapore telephone numbers.
(2) A telecommunications service provider which contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
(3) In this section, “terminated Singapore telephone number” means —(a)
a Singapore telephone number to which the following apply:(i)
the Singapore telephone number has been allocated to a subscriber;
(ii)
the telecommunications service associated with the Singapore telephone number has been terminated by the subscriber or telecommunications service provider; and
(iii)
the Singapore telephone number has not been allocated to a different subscriber; or
(b)
any other telephone numbers and circumstances as may be prescribed.
(4) For the purpose of subsection (1), where —(a)
a Singapore telephone number has been allocated to a subscriber by a telecommunications service provider (called in this subsection the first provider);
(b)
the telecommunications service associated with the Singapore telephone number has been terminated by the subscriber;
(c)
the subscriber contracts for a telecommunications service associated with the Singapore telephone number with another telecommunications service provider (called in this subsection the subsequent provider);
(d)
the telecommunications service mentioned in paragraph (c) has been terminated by the subscriber or the subsequent provider; and
(e)
the Singapore telephone number has not subsequently been allocated to any subscriber,
it is the responsibility of the first provider to satisfy subsection (1).
(5) Without affecting the obligations of the telecommunications service provider under subsections (1) to (4), the Commission must pay the prescribed fees to the telecommunications service provider for each terminated Singapore telephone number reported to the Commission in accordance with this section.
