Section 10 — Conditions for issue of Part 3 Directions

(1)Any Minister may instruct the Competent Authority to issue a Part 3 Direction if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(a)a false statement of fact (called in this Part the subject statement) has been or is being communicated in Singapore;

(b)the Minister is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to issue the Direction.

(2)Any Minister may instruct the Competent Authority to issue a Part 3 Direction in relation to the subject statement even if it has been amended or has ceased to be communicated in Singapore.