§ 12 — Stop Communication Direction

12.—(1) A Stop Communication Direction is one issued to a person who communicated the subject statement in Singapore, requiring the person to stop communicating in Singapore the subject statement by the specified time.(2) A Stop Communication Direction may also require the person to whom it is issued to stop communicating any statement that is substantially similar to the subject statement.

(3) A Stop Communication Direction may also require the person to whom it is issued to do one or both of the following:(a)

to communicate in Singapore a correction notice in the specified form and manner, to a specified person or description of persons (if any), and by the specified time;

(b)

to publish a correction notice in the specified manner in a specified newspaper or other printed publication of Singapore.

(4) A person who communicated a false statement of fact in Singapore may be issued a Stop Communication Direction even if the person does not know or has no reason to believe that the statement is false.

(5) Once a Stop Communication Direction has been issued, the Competent Authority must publish a notice of that fact in the Gazette as soon as possible.

(6) However, a failure to publish the notice of the issue of the Stop Communication Direction in the Gazette does not invalidate the Direction.

(7) In this section —(a)

“specified” means specified in the Stop Communication Direction;

(b)

“stop communicating”, in relation to a statement, means taking the necessary steps to ensure that the statement is no longer available on or through the internet to end‑users in Singapore, including (if necessary) the removal of the statement from an online location; and

(c)

a person does not communicate a statement in Singapore merely by doing any act for the purpose of, or that is incidental to, the provision of —(i)

an internet intermediary service;

(ii)

a telecommunication service;

(iii)

a service of giving the public access to the internet; or

(iv)

a computing resource service.

—(1) A Stop Communication Direction is one issued to a person who communicated the subject statement in Singapore, requiring the person to stop communicating in Singapore the subject statement by the specified time.

(2) A Stop Communication Direction may also require the person to whom it is issued to stop communicating any statement that is substantially similar to the subject statement.

(3) A Stop Communication Direction may also require the person to whom it is issued to do one or both of the following:(a)

to communicate in Singapore a correction notice in the specified form and manner, to a specified person or description of persons (if any), and by the specified time;

(b)

to publish a correction notice in the specified manner in a specified newspaper or other printed publication of Singapore.

(4) A person who communicated a false statement of fact in Singapore may be issued a Stop Communication Direction even if the person does not know or has no reason to believe that the statement is false.

(5) Once a Stop Communication Direction has been issued, the Competent Authority must publish a notice of that fact in the Gazette as soon as possible.

(6) However, a failure to publish the notice of the issue of the Stop Communication Direction in the Gazette does not invalidate the Direction.

(7) In this section —(a)

“specified” means specified in the Stop Communication Direction;

(b)

“stop communicating”, in relation to a statement, means taking the necessary steps to ensure that the statement is no longer available on or through the internet to end‑users in Singapore, including (if necessary) the removal of the statement from an online location; and

(c)

a person does not communicate a statement in Singapore merely by doing any act for the purpose of, or that is incidental to, the provision of —(i)

an internet intermediary service;

(ii)

a telecommunication service;

(iii)

a service of giving the public access to the internet; or

(iv)

a computing resource service.